Sentence examples for fictional references from inspiring English sources

Several TV documentaries, as well as some contemporary fictional references to the year 2012, refer to 21 December as the day of a cataclysmic event.

On the basis of their analysis, the scientists said, these three "references 'cohere,' in the sense that the astronomical phenomena pinpoint the date of 16 April 1178 B.C.," adding, "The odds that purely fictional references to these phenomena (so hard to satisfy simultaneously) would coincide by accident with the only eclipse of the century are minute".

Titillating news stories, fictional references and even song lyrics belie a persistent fascination with properties of the penis.

Correction: October 24 , 2002 Thursday A Critic's Notebook column in The Arts yesterday about the "West Wing" television series misspelled the fictional reference in a characterization of the presidency portrayed on the show.

Take Chandler Bing for example, admittedly an archaic and fictional reference, but that man's face did not hold up well in front of the camera and, unfortunately for Chandler, would have definitely succumbed to a left swipe - i.e. a no.

There are claims, in Goodman's account of depiction, that are left unexplained, especially with respect to pictures with indeterminate or fictional reference, that is, with pictures that Goodman would classify by predicates like "man-picture," "unicorn-pictures," etc.

The banner - which appeared to reference the fictional character Jason Voorhees from horror film Friday The 13th - was unveiled before kick-off, as fans targeted their former captain, who had spent five years with Standard Liege before signing for then Portuguese champions Porto in 2011.

Consider "Don Juan," a reference to a fictional character ― a serial rapist who killed the father of one of his victims.

"This is clearly a reference to the film and fictional character of Harry Potter.

Check that they understand it as a "brief, usually indirect reference to another place, event" or to words spoken by or that depict a person or fictional character.

Or a fictional character.