metaphors

Example Sentences

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Perhaps you can see how the metaphors between the backrooms and the internet itself multiply from here: Like the backrooms, one can lose oneself forever in the internet.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Sound may also generate meaning, according to one theory, through nonverbal metaphors, “as a way of seeing and hearing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

As for animal metaphors, the squid has been joined by the cockroach.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

It was vintage Fury - long answers and drifting metaphors.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

“Really? Huh. Here I was looking for symbolism and metaphors and, um . . . sometimes a duck is just a duck!”

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio