Sentence examples for They signified from inspiring English sources

It was as though certain words had become detached from the objects they signified.

They signified that I had made it through another week and was ready for another opponent.

They signified an erosion of the standards by which architecture had been judged and of the solidarity that had sustained them.

They signified importance of the out-of-plane reinforcement in the accurate estimation of load deformation behaviour of the test beams.

They signified that, in the absence of renal insufficiency, there was no argument for the involvement of organs other than the kidney in the maintenance of the homeostasis of non-volatile acids.

They signified a 'normal' life beyond mental illness; a haven in which she spent much of her time and which, in the interviewer's clear perception, few others entered or were allowed to enter.

"After I sort of grasped the whole sign, signifier, signified deal, I had already tied my brain in a sufficient knot.

For Halliday (1994), lexical metaphor constitutes a relationship between signifier and signified in which there is one signifier, different signified.

See Frauwallner (1934) for a translation of the Sambandhaparīkṣā; see also Eltschinger (2007, ch. 3) on Dharmakīrti's rejection of a real signifier-signified relation.

The ambrosia they had just imbibed signified sweetness and steely resolve -- qualities that the Khalsa would imbibe.

It's nostalgic to think there was a time when clothes were clothes that signified and they should never have been intruded on by Chanel or H&M.