metaphor
Example Sentences
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One might as well conjecture that 1939’s “The Women” was a metaphor for the Nazi invasion of Poland.
Is that a metaphor for life right now?
From Salon
There is an interesting metaphor here for our world today: social media as the outlet for people who have suffered brain damage.
From Los Angeles Times
He plays Matt as if the character were a manifestation of “the old devil sea,” one of the refrains of a play that finds maritime metaphors for all that is uncontrollable in human life.
From Los Angeles Times
And Sorrentino, a dedicated sensualist, does allow himself some lighter touches, including, toward the end, a fanciful visual metaphor for a burdened man’s spirit that maybe only he could get away with.
From Los Angeles Times
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