symbology

Example Sentences

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Catholic symbology plays an outsized role in horror — thanks, in no small part, to the influence of “The Exorcist.”

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

It would seem, then, that as long as you root the symbology of this flag in what George Washington thought the flag meant in 1775, you’re gold, Ponyboy.

From Slate • May 28, 2024

As a grand statement on America — the kind the album’s cover sets you up for with its striking stars-and-bars symbology — “Cowboy Carter” feels a bit mushy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

The bird “is enshrined in our earliest, pre-contact symbology and their influence on our cultural activities remains to this day,” said a letter signed by Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. on Jan. 18.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2022

And the tenth grade math teacher was almost driven to distraction by a classroom discussion of the algebraic symbology equating matter and time—all of which was entirely over his head.

From Adolescents Only by Cox, Irving E.