concrete illustration
Example Sentences
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The cruiser requirements offer a concrete illustration of the application of this thought.
From Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
Solid argument, clear method, and indisputable facts are necessary for the first purpose; vivid imagination, concrete illustration, and animated feeling are necessary for the second.
From Model Speeches for Practise by Kleiser, Grenville
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
The camp soon had a concrete illustration of the opinion the roughs held of themselves.
From Gold by White, Stewart Edward
I turn to this as a further concrete illustration in order to characterize at once the lengths to which such vocational studies may advance.
From Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Münsterberg, Hugo
