Metaphors Sentence Examples

Proceeding upon such lines as these, the Jews wove together their Midrashic homilies or sermons where, though we may find much that seems commonplace, there are illuminating parables and proverbs, metaphors and similes, the whole affording admirable examples of the contemporary thought and culture, both of the writers and - what is often overlooked - the level of their hearers or readers.

The style is quaint, original, abounding in allusions and witticisms, and rich, with piled-up analogies and metaphors.

It is true that here and there the "creamy richness" of his style becomes verbosity, and that he occasionally draws too freely on his inexhaustible store of epithets, metaphors and turns of speech; but these faults, which did not escape the censure even of friendly critics like Quintilian, are comparatively rare in the extant parts of his work.

It abounds not only in antitheses, but also in questions and exclamations, tropes and metaphors, and other mannerisms of the silver age.

And he surpasses almost all of them in the richness of his diction, and his skill in the use of metaphors and illustrations.

His homilies, which are still preserved, furnish ample apology for the partiality of the people, exhibiting the free command of a pure and copious vocabulary, an inexhaustible fund of metaphors and similitudes, giving variety and grace to the most familiar topics, with an almost dramatic exposure of the folly and turpitude of vice, and a deep moral earnestness.

A constant restlessness oppressed him; his sight gave way; his conversation became an extraordinary mixture of metaphors; and it was only at intervals that gleams of his former power broke out, especially when some old chord of association was struck in natural science or physical geography.

In spite of his ungainly exterior and peculiar manner, his happy gifts of exposition and illustration won him extraordinary popularity as a lecturer, his experiments were ingenious and rapidly performed, and Coleridge went to hear him "to increase his stock of metaphors."

When Berkeley has eliminated the literal materialism of Locke's metaphors of sense-perception, Hume finds no difficulty in accepting the sensations as present virtually in their own right, any nonsensible ground being altogether unknown.

Conquest of territory was symbolized in colonial writings through metaphors of the conquest of territory was symbolized in colonial writings through metaphors of the conquest of black women's bodies.

The style is quaint, original, abounding in allusions and witticisms, and rich, even to gorgeousness, with piled-up analogies and metaphors.'

Native oratory abounds in figures, metaphors and parables; and a large number of folk-tales, songs and legends, together with the very numerous proverbs, give ample evidence of the mental ability and imaginative powers of the Malagasy.

Ah, here they are--the mixed metaphors mocking and strutting about before me, pointing to the bull in the china shop assailed by hailstones and the bugbears with pale looks, an unanalyzed species!

The chief characteristic of Welsh poetry is its alliteration, woven around beautiful similes and metaphors.

Your anecdotes, metaphors and slight of hand brought so much life to the presentation.

These tangible metaphors become anchors or triggers, impressed upon the client 's subconscious.

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Her writing was filled with rich, creative metaphors; she described teachers as fire-breathing dragons, the books on the shelves as vibrant butterflies and the other students as slime-trailing snails.

The novelist's use of both similes and metaphors in her writing brought her scenes to life.

Girls begin to develop the ability to understand metaphors (puberty is like watching a flower blossom) and abstract mathematical concepts (like algebra), as well as the ability to reason about ideals like justice, religion, or love.

Metaphors are important elements in this book, and the book features instructions for interpreting dreams.

For example, adolescents find it easier than children to comprehend the sorts of higher-order, abstract logic inherent in puns, proverbs, metaphors, and analogies.

This site is particularly useful for younger students who require an introduction to metaphors, similes, and certain poetry formats.

If metaphors appeal to you, choose a metaphor for each moment.

When you compose your own poetry, you express your feelings through literary references, metaphors, allegories or just plain verse.

You can use colors, weather, flowers and the environment as metaphors for your feelings and relationship, but beware the connotation that some people apply to different metaphors.

Use adverbs and metaphors wisely, because they keep the "story" of the article flowing and paint a picture.

Metaphors are more akin to lies than to an enriching form of communication.

It's also a detailed inventory of slang, sexual code terms, metaphors, evasiveness, underworld argot, and indecent language.

Hybrid forms such as the mercury hourglass and seemingly floating steps serve as to bridge metaphors for time and space.

Evans does write plainly and clearly, and avoids metaphors, wit or stylistic flourishes with fair assiduity.

It is a set of metaphors and images and a language for expressing intuitions honed after years of training.

This inspired him to create Clean Language, a way of asking questions which preserves the logic of clients ' metaphors.

To mix a couple of metaphors, the time bomb is ticking and we stand on the edge of a very steep precipice.

These tangible metaphors become anchors or triggers, impressed upon the client's subconscious.

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Alexander Endrddy, author of Tilcsok dalok (Cricket Songs, 1876), is a glowing writer, with great power of conception, but his metaphors, following rapidly one upon the other,.

The misuse of the Eddic metaphors made the lyrical and epical poetry of the day hardly intelligible, and, to make matters worse, the language of the poets was mixed up with words of German and Danish origin.

Not a few other technical terms of Greek philosophic asceticism, used in the first instance by Cynics and Neo-pythagoreans, and then continued among the Greek Jews and Christians, were metaphors taken from athletic contests - but only metaphors, for all asceticism, worthy of the name, has a moral purport, and is based on the eternal contrast of the proposition, "This is right," with the proposition, "That is pleasant."