concrete illustration
Example Sentences
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As a concrete illustration of the above statement, I want to point to a young man, intelligent, enterprising, industrious, and a graduate of the best known agricultural college poultry course in the country.
From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)
In that wonderful picture of modern life which is the greatest work of one of the great seers of our time, Victor Hugo gives a concrete illustration of the working of Christ’s methods.
From The Destiny of Man Viewed in the Light of His Origin by Fiske, John
If I were asked for a concrete illustration of self-respect I should say—the Frenchwoman.
From Another Sheaf by Galsworthy, John
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
He will here learn to choose the simple word instead of the complex, the short sentence instead of the involved, the concrete illustration instead of the abstract.
From Talks on Talking by Kleiser, Grenville
