symbolic

Example Sentences

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The service combines traditional music with symbolic gestures such as placing a statue of the baby Jesus in a cradle.

From Barron's

Last year the speech was given in the Fitzrovia Chapel, which once served hospital staff, and was a symbolic location for a message focusing on the King's thanks for health workers.

From BBC

The U.S. strikes were mostly symbolic, said Sam Heller, a Beirut-based security analyst with Century International, a policy institute.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was deeply committed to evidence-informed action, not symbolic photo ops.

From Los Angeles Times

More food, more money, and the symbolic pull of seven — sacraments, days of creation, virtues — turned a humble pre-Mass meal into a celebratory Italian-American blowout.

From Salon