symbolizes

Example Sentences

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A: Ruth symbolizes what she herself expressed: decency.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Fink argues that the song reflects a time of centralized power within the music industry, but symbolizes a desire to escape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

It symbolizes the victory of light over darkness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

He sports a sword embedded in a cross on his forearm, which symbolizes the verse in which Christ says, “I came not to send peace, but a sword.”

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2025

Atahuallpa’s capture symbolizes the European conquest of the Americas, because the same mix of proximate factors that caused it was also responsible for European conquests of other Native American societies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond