metaphor

Example Sentences

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A metaphor of L.A.’s past immortality and exploitation after World War II, the crime has fascinated novelists, filmmakers and countless true crime writers.

From Los Angeles Times

A 1772 meditation about the crucifixion by a man who struggled with depression all his life, the hymn dwells on Christ’s gory death and evokes the metaphor of sinners bathing in blood.

From The Wall Street Journal

Zombies doubling as a metaphor for consumerism or groupthink?

From Salon

Part of the attraction here is Mr. Frazier’s gift for generating metaphors.

From The Wall Street Journal

Donne’s intestinal treasure has not entered the pantheon of great metaphors.

From The Wall Street Journal