concrete illustration
Example Sentences
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I need it for the concrete illustration of much that has been said in this and the preceding volumes of my work.
From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds
The cruiser requirements offer a concrete illustration of the application of this thought.
From Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
The theoretical weakness of an arrested offensive received a practical and concrete illustration to a degree that war had scarcely ever known.
From Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Julian S. (Julian Stafford) Corbett
A concrete illustration will bring them before us more forcibly than an abstract characterisation.
From The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion by James H. (James Henry) Leuba
If I were asked for a concrete illustration of self-respect I should say—the Frenchwoman.
From Another Sheaf by John Galsworthy
