concrete illustration
Example Sentences
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I conclude this chapter with a concrete illustration, cut from my morning newspaper.
From The Book of Life by Sinclair, Upton
The camp soon had a concrete illustration of the opinion the roughs held of themselves.
From Gold by White, Stewart Edward
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
A concrete illustration will bring them before us more forcibly than an abstract characterisation.
From The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion by Leuba, James H. (James Henry)
The theoretical weakness of an arrested offensive received a practical and concrete illustration to a degree that war had scarcely ever known.
From Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Corbett, Julian S. (Julian Stafford)
