Examples of 'zeugma' in a sentence

Meaning of "zeugma"

zeugma (noun): A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses or scenarios. It often creates a humorous or dramatic effect by linking distinct ideas or actions within a single sentence
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  • The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.
  • Syllepsis.

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The above serves as an example of zeugma.
Zeugma does not sell advertising.
This is a similar concept to zeugma.
Now touring zeugma danse.
A zeugma is a figure of speech.
It so happens that these two examples represent the two main types of zeugma.
People living in Zeugma would commission individual mosaics for their homes.
Some history about the city of Zeugma.
The Zeugma urban folk collective for performing the gum boots dance.
The dam was built on top of the ruins of the ancient city of Zeugma.
The ancient Zeugma on the Euphrates is found in the northern end of the plain.
At this time it was a small city on the road from Germanicia to Zeugma.
Zeugma Museum in virtual environment.
The legions were covered with shame and removed from the war theatre to Zeugma.
Cultural properties revealed in the excavations in Zeugma are displayed in Gaziantep Museum.

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The Zeugma excavation site is in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep.
Excavations at Zeugma.
An example of Zeugma I used to create a photograph.
Eventually as the Roman empire started to decline, so did the Zeugma city.
Zeugma Hotel is perfect.
Have you ever tried using zeugma or synecdoche in your nature photographs?
Zeugma cooking ware belongs to the production called brittle ware, widely distributed in North Syria.
For all of these reasons, Zeugma are very common in both poetry and prose.
To where history touches your soul, Papillon Zeugma.
In photography, the zeugma consists of superimposing multiple points of life.
Later on, in the 10th and 12th centuries a small Abbasid residence settled in Zeugma.
On the obverse, a temple in Zeugma and the capricorn, a reference to Legio IV Scythica.
Zeugma ( ) is an ancient city of Commagene ; located in modern Gaziantep Province, Turkey.
This season 's excavation work at Zeugma will continue until the end of August, Görkay said.
These stunning 2000-year-old mosaics were uncovered by archaeologists in the Turkish city of Zeugma.
In other words, zeugma make great " zingers " and are perfect for the big screen.
The website features a 360-degree virtual tour of Zeugma and the Gaziantep Archaeology Museum.
Papillon Zeugma Hotel can be reached in 30 minutes by car from Antalya airport.
I thought the implicit zeugma of "clean" really… Ugh.
Zeugma ( Greek, Ζεῦγμα ) is an ancient city of Commagene ; located in modern Gaziantep Province, Turkey.
Tennyson includes a grammatical zeugma at the end of the second stanza of his poem " Ulysses . ".

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