Psychoanalysts have long drawn on literary works as examples of the unconscious mind at work.
Some fight back, citing Bowie and Gaga as examples of the pop music artifice.
Proponents of the legislation also point to abandonments in Texas last year as examples of the need for action.
Worried commentators who linked Couples with Roth's Portnoy's Complaint as examples of the degradation of American morality missed the point.
She cites disappointing reviews for "John From Cincinnati" and low ratings for "In Treatment" as examples of the problem.
Christopher Baum, senior vice-president of Detroit's Convention & Visitors Bureauu, lists five selling points - cars, culture, gaming, music and sports - as examples of the city's "coolness".
They point to several weapons-related arrests of noncitizens, some with links to terrorist groups, as examples of the urgency of changing the law.
Grimshaw cites BuzzFeed and Quartz as examples of the latter which he's keeping a close eye on, along with many other news industry executives.
But see them as examples of the styles of the restaurants, each of which print their menus daily, and not just for show.
But I also like to think of them as examples of the resourcefulness that can frequently be found in black communities, where material resources haven't always been plentiful.
Film scholars sometimes discuss the earliest silent films as examples of "the cinema of attraction," movies meant to showcase the medium itself.
