metaphor

Example Sentences

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“What a Wonderful World” treats dissonance, cacophony and intensity as metaphors for daily life.

From Los Angeles Times

Her dress designer fashions the closest thing the film has to a metaphor for Melania herself: a gown constructed with no visible seams.

From Los Angeles Times

Mom has a different set of flying metaphors.

From Literature

There’s a metaphor about a trapped bird in her rehearsal space that doesn’t land and a weak attempt to juice tension that the label might actually prefer her dead.

From Los Angeles Times

“Icarus didn’t fly anywhere because Icarus is a metaphor!” said Christopher.

From Literature