Examples of 'metaphorical' in a sentence

Meaning of "metaphorical"

Metaphorical describes something that is metaphorical, meaning it symbolizes something else
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  • Pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic.

How to use "metaphorical" in a sentence

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But it also had a metaphorical relevance as well.
The metaphorical language is not to be understood literally.
She prefers the metaphorical kind anyway.
Metaphorical work about the pitfalls of life.
This is where the metaphorical doors come in.
It is metaphorical paraphrase rather than a single word.
I can give you one metaphorical example.
That metaphorical concept will not give.
This is true in a more metaphorical sense as well.
Its placement as a biological state is purely metaphorical.
Maybe he meant it metaphorical sense of the word.
Leonard is trying to walk a mile in my metaphorical shoes.
Also used as a metaphorical expression for similarity.
So do not die for mandalas of metaphorical sand.
This is not the metaphorical voicelessness of suffering.

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Poetry is the expression of truth in metaphorical language.
Provides a metaphorical representation of the original text.
I picked you as a sort of metaphorical dance partner.
But the metaphorical spanking in my mind.
The fall is both actual and metaphorical.
A beautiful metaphorical use of the word here.
He substituted real sound for metaphorical sound.
I eat metaphorical cheese fries now.
You understand that the dragon is metaphorical.
In this verse we see a metaphorical episode of predation.
And be aware that they are highly metaphorical.
There could be metaphorical scarves everywhere.
This lightening effect is not just metaphorical.
Promises made metaphorical hands shook.
Garduno said the image was just metaphorical.
He has two metaphorical left feet.
Everything that is transitory is but a metaphorical reference.
The metaphorical vehicle that is holding you back.
But they are often used in a metaphorical sense.
Similar to the metaphorical use of estimated time of arrival.
The film works on several metaphorical levels.
These metaphorical networks are significant of a latent inner reality.
The answer is in the power of metaphorical understanding.
Metaphorical search engine finds creative new meanings.
Silvia uses the body in a metaphorical way.
Poetic and metaphorical language is privileged.
That literature is ultimately metaphorical and symbolic.
All metaphorical rubbish supplied to us in the shops of capitalism.
So let us just stick to the metaphorical interpretation.
A metaphorical visualization of the word anger.
You can take it in a literal or metaphorical sense.
Proverbs are often metaphorical and use formulaic language.
We felt that it was needed for another metaphorical system.
I prayed with a metaphorical hand on my hip.
A metaphorical country that is quite real.

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