Plath embodies in a vivid, almost emblematic way the schizoid character of the period.
Ha Jin's characters are almost emblematic: they are people beginning in America, creating a new self in a new country.
Their snug leather and gray corduroy jackets, one with a keyboard of pleats down the front, looked light, and a feathery gray wool dress with silver embroidery nestled discreetly near a shoulder was almost emblematic of how to make great clothes without hype.
During the years of Washington's active engagement in Iraq, Russia's once-strong role in the Middle East seemed to have been eclipsed: the basic facilities of its naval base at Tartus in Syria almost emblematic of its post-Cold War decline.
"We know that we've seen tremendous increase in recycling rates over the last few years...the way that people have changed their behaviour in Wales since we introduced a relatively small charge for a plastic bags is almost emblematic of the changes we want to see in the future as well.
According to art historian Lawrence Steefel, "the detail participates in an almost emblematic pattern of repeated triangles which establish a rhyme scheme above and below, of roof structure and figure disposition".
