allegorical
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Yet Gilligan, who created “Breaking Bad” and cast Seehorn in the spinoff series “Better Call Saul,” has delivered a show filled with allegorical temptations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
Ruhlmann collaborated with a sculptor on the bronze-plaque handles, with allegorical female figures representing Night and Day.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
For Zigmont, the dog is not only an allegorical concern, but also a truly practical one.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025
Smith brings an empathic eye to other artists, from the allegorical Toyin Ojih Odutola to the subversive Kara Walker.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025
Second, these were richly allegorical stories with plenty of incident and emotional impact but without extravagant, over-egged operatic acting to embarrass the English.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing allegorical
Rhetorical Devices
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Rhetorical Devices
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