concrete illustration
Example Sentences
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My life is a concrete illustration of a multitude of statistical facts.
From The Promised Land by Antin, Mary
The abstract truth gets the concrete illustration; the concrete illustration finds its proper foundation in a series of abstract inquiries.
From On Liberty by Mill, John Stuart
She paused, seeking a concrete illustration that would touch me.
From The Inheritors by Conrad, Joseph
One concrete illustration from Bernhardi clearly shows that the sentences above quoted are truly representative of his philosophy, and not unfair excerpts.
From The Evidence in the Case A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia by Beck, James M. (James Montgomery)
To what extent is education the process of enlarging the content of words?As a concrete illustration of the differences in the content of words, compare various definitions of education.
From The Vitalized School by Pearson, Francis B.