symbols

Example Sentences

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“All the history inside the artwork and the symbols inside the artwork, is like a trip into a very beautiful world,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

About 5,200 years ago, people in what is now Iraq and Syria began pressing symbols into clay to record information.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

As a system of symbols with its own particular language, astrology can help some people make sense of emotions and events, bringing a semblance of structure to the apparent chaos of everyday life.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

The justices concluded that it isn’t unconstitutional for the government to use traditional symbols that have a mixed religious and secular meaning.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

“New project, Emma?” her math teacher, Mrs. Gunderson, had asked fondly as Emma walked to gym class scratching off letters and symbols in her notebook.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix