concrete illustration
Example Sentences
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"What's that to me?" she commented, with the air of one affording a concrete illustration.
From The Inheritors by Conrad, Joseph
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
Such a concrete illustration is one possibility for arousing interest.
From Principles of Teaching by Bennion, Adam S.
My life is a concrete illustration of a multitude of statistical facts.
From The Promised Land by Antin, Mary
If I were asked for a concrete illustration of self-respect I should say—the Frenchwoman.
From Another Sheaf by Galsworthy, John
