symbols

Example Sentences

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It’s layered with symbols — the Eye of Horus, a hand, a bird.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

About 5,200 years ago, people in what is now Iraq and Syria began pressing symbols into clay to record information.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

As a system of symbols with its own particular language, astrology can help some people make sense of emotions and events, bringing a semblance of structure to the apparent chaos of everyday life.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

It has never been interpreted to bar all religious symbols from public property.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

He keeps notebooks full of symbols and glyphs, working through his old notes and finding new elements to consider.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern