Examples of 'figure of speech' in a sentence

Meaning of "figure of speech"

A figure of speech is a phrase or expression that uses words in a non-literal or imaginative way to create a particular effect. It adds depth and meaning to language by using language creatively and figuratively, beyond its literal meaning
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  • A word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language.

How to use "figure of speech" in a sentence

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figure of speech
A figure of speech meaning a few hours at most.
Let us not go back to a fancy figure of speech.
A figure of speech that combines contradicting terms.
That was what you call a figure of speech.
It is a figure of speech and the counterpart of anaphora.
Pardon the racially insensitive figure of speech.
Using a figure of speech appropriate to her occupation.
I thought you were using a figure of speech.
It is a figure of speech that means he moved quickly.
Defrost cookie dough is not a figure of speech.
It was no figure of speech to say that he was in his element.
And it could also just be a figure of speech.
A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison.
And this is not just a figure of speech.
The new figure of speech refers to an existing one.

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I thought we were talking figure of speech here.
The figure of speech is much older.
Every part of speech is already a figure of speech.
A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action.
It brings to light the precision of a figure of speech.
A figure of speech addressing an absent person or personified abstraction.
Christ was not merely using a figure of speech.
So it is not just a figure of speech that all of us were dead.
Existence is merely one more figure of speech.
There is a common figure of speech that is known as metaphor.
Figure of speech containing an implied comparison.
Does not look like a figure of speech to me.
A figure of speech in which one thing is referred to as another.
Metaphor to tell which figure of speech was used.
It is a figure of speech used in a wrong context.
A radio program ai not a figure of speech.
Identify the figure of speech used in this line.
Shooting me first was just a figure of speech.
But by a figure of speech intended to direct attention to what it.
Always thought that was a figure of speech.
Figure of speech that draws a comparison.
That too has become merely a figure of speech.
An epanorthosis is a figure of speech that signifies emphatic word replacement.
Idioms are a common type of figure of speech.
The figure of speech that disparages dogs and cows.
I thought that was a figure of speech.
Figure of speech or form of expression.
Until we puke is not a figure of speech.
A metaphor is a figure of speech where one thing is likened to another.
Now that is a very good example of a figure of speech.
That was figure of speech.
And the question of when something is a figure of speech.
Pardon the figure of speech.
The airport capacity crunch is no longer a figure of speech.
I thought that was a standard figure of speech representing them as fools.

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Examples of using Speech
Gotta put this speech on the blower
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I had a halftime speech all planned out
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