concrete illustration
Example Sentences
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The abstract truth gets the concrete illustration; the concrete illustration finds its proper foundation in a series of abstract inquiries.
From On Liberty by Mill, John Stuart
Such a concrete illustration is one possibility for arousing interest.
From Principles of Teaching by Bennion, Adam S.
Let us take a concrete illustration of this.
From Determinism or Free-Will? by Cohen, Chapman
With language: The vocabulary of the pupils is enlarged by the introduction of new words whose meaning is made clear by means of the concrete illustration furnished by direct observation of the rabbit.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education
Landers saw further: not a single man, but a type; the concrete illustration of a vague ideal he had long known.
From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by Marchand, J. N.
