SYMBOLS in a Sentence
Learn SYMBOLS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
86 example sentences for SYMBOLS, such as:
1. Dragon is regarded as a symbol of power.
2. The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.
3. Each element of the ceremony has a symbolic meaning.
4. It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.
5. White has always been a symbol of purity in Western cultures.
2. The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.
3. Each element of the ceremony has a symbolic meaning.
4. It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.
5. White has always been a symbol of purity in Western cultures.
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Meanings and Examples of SYMBOLS
Definitions: Search Google Search M.Webster
symbolic
a. relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
a. using symbolism
symbol
n. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
n. an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
symbolize
v. express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
v. represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
symbolism
n. a system of symbols and symbolic representations
n. the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
Classic Sentence: (48 in 4 pages)
1 For, Melanie, these things I have named are but the symbols of the thing for which I risk my life, symbols of the kind of life I love.
2 Behind them and mixed with them, the houses, meek cottages or large, comfortable, soundly uninteresting symbols of prosperity.
3 One could not stand and watch very long without becoming philosophical, without beginning to deal in symbols and similes, and to hear the hog squeal of the universe.
4 His features were attractive in the light of symbols, as sounds intrinsically common become attractive in language, and as shapes intrinsically simple become interesting in writing.
5 Having once recognized, however, that the symbols stood for letters, and having applied the rules which guide us in all forms of secret writings, the solution was easy enough.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
6 Accepting it as correct, we are now able to say that the symbols.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
Context Highlight In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
7 The formula which he wrote obediently on the sheet of paper, the coiling and uncoiling calculations of the professor, the spectre-like symbols of force and velocity fascinated and jaded Stephen's mind.
8 And there is also something about the shorthand symbols that makes it different from writing.
9 All this without that diabolic aid which is surely to him; for it have to yield to the powers that come from, and are, symbolic of good.
10 The long shadows of the forest had slipped down hill while we talked, had gone far beyond the ruined hovel, beyond the symbolic row of stakes.
11 The last Count of Spada, moreover, made me his heir, bequeathing to me this symbolic breviary, he bequeathed to me all it contained; no, no, make your mind satisfied on that point.
12 There was something almost bridal in his own aspect: his large white gardenia had a symbolic air that struck Lily as a good omen.
13 The instincts of merry England lingered on here with exceptional vitality, and the symbolic customs which tradition has attached to each season of the year were yet a reality on Egdon.
14 At his desire, she went hunting, which was his symbol of happiness, and she ordered porridge for breakfast, which was his symbol of morality.
15 He refused to wear soft hats; cleaved to a hard derby, as a symbol of virility and prosperity; and sometimes he forgot to take it off in the house.
Example Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
1 A list of phonetic symbols is given in the front of the dictionary.
2 Hand symbols in the main body of the text cross - refer the reader to the appendices.
3 It is not clear what these symbols were intended to represent.
4 Some of the symbols carry meaning and some just represent sounds.
5 Alphabetic systems possess an inventory of symbols, called an alphabet, to represent the individual phonemes.
6 Trendy trainers and designer labels have become aspirational status symbols, especially among the young.
7 The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.
8 A lot of Latin-American officials are stressing the symbolic importance of the trip.
9 Each element of the ceremony has a symbolic meaning.
10 It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.
11 The protest was a symbolic gesture of anger at official policy.
12 The king is limited to a symbolic figurehead, however the institution elicits huge amount of respect and reverence from the Thai people.
13 Each symbol was placed in front of larger crosses bearing the name and crest of the unit or group.
14 White has always been a symbol of purity in Western cultures.
15 Dragon is regarded as a symbol of power.