concrete illustration
Example Sentences
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He will here learn to choose the simple word instead of the complex, the short sentence instead of the involved, the concrete illustration instead of the abstract.
From Talks on Talking by Kleiser, Grenville
He had occasionally seen a small wheel in a toy shop, but this so concrete illustration of the game startled him more than he would have been willing to admit.
From Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger
Such a concrete illustration is one possibility for arousing interest.
From Principles of Teaching by Bennion, Adam S.
With language: The vocabulary of the pupils is enlarged by the introduction of new words whose meaning is made clear by means of the concrete illustration furnished by direct observation of the rabbit.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education
"What's that to me?" she commented, with the air of one affording a concrete illustration.
From The Inheritors by Conrad, Joseph
