metaphor

Example Sentences

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Goodwin’s advice included a basketball metaphor: “defense wins championships.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Glaser, who took AFP to the stretch of Highway 78 in Imperial County where part of the chase was filmed, said the road stands as a metaphor.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

Myth and metaphor still abound, but they’re more rooted in the everyday reality of a troubled parcel of the country.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

The name is not a figure of speech or a metaphor.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

The drafting and editing of the Farewell Address in effect became a metaphor for the kind of collective effort Washington was urging on the American people as a whole.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis