Examples of 'metaphor' in a sentence
Meaning of "metaphor"
metaphor (noun) - a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable, for example, 'a sea of troubles'
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- The use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word or phrase.
- A word or phrase used in such implied comparison.
- The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.
- To use a metaphor.
How to use "metaphor" in a sentence
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A metaphor for anger within our hearts.
This might be a metaphor for existence itself.
Metaphor lives a secret life all around us.
Hidden in the football metaphor is a secret clue.
The metaphor seems a little clumsy now.
Here comes the metaphor of the bridge.
A metaphor is a lot harder to slay than a country.
This is such a metaphor for their lives.
Because to me vampires are kind of a metaphor for sex.
We put every metaphor we could in everything we tried.
Way to stick with the meteorological metaphor.
Your favorite metaphor for your work.
That does not apply in a situation that is a metaphor.
The briefcase is a metaphor for the relationship.
You certainly know how to use a metaphor.
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I had a good metaphor for it last night.
I am not smart enough to give someone a metaphor.
The couch was a metaphor for my old attitude.
Forget the shit in the woods metaphor.
The song is a metaphor for big dicks.
I believe this is an extension of the death metaphor.
The proper metaphor is that of a coat check.
It speaks to the present situation only as metaphor.
I am offering the metaphor of a staircase in the mind.
She could have picked a better metaphor.
So this stoy is a metaphor of a quest for perfection.
The town was only meant to be a metaphor anyway.
I enjoyed the metaphor of the lover as gardener.
Let us use this hot dog as a metaphor.
I will complete the metaphor of taming a steed.
Thanks for the help on the metaphor.
That was sort of a metaphor for their relationship.
I am really trying not to see this as a metaphor.
And that metaphor with the garden.
If you want to use the metaphor again.
That metaphor got him five years.
I can not make the metaphor work.
They are a metaphor for fear and mortality.
Now you are just abusing the metaphor.
So this story is a metaphor of a quest for perfection.
Kensi loves whipping out her metaphor.
Your favourite metaphor for your work.
The whole lamp thing is just a metaphor.
That crocheting is a metaphor for healing or whatever.
You are talking to someone who speaks in metaphor.
But your nifty metaphor has holes.
Much of this is written in puzzles and metaphor.
I could spot a mixed metaphor a mile away.
I see the jungle in your work as a metaphor.
It was my metaphor that solved the case.
