Sentence examples for figurative meanings from inspiring English sources

The Journey contains both literal and figurative meanings: it is about the friendship that developed between these clashing figures of Northern Ireland's conflict-riven Troubles, and which enabled the peace process solidified by the Good Friday agreement to continue and achieve previously unthought-of levels of stability and progress.

A follow-up interview study distinguished between the literal and figurative meanings of warmth.

Allegory — a story that functions as an extended metaphor and has both literal and figurative meanings — is clearly not science.

Nonliteral, indirect, and figurative meanings are secondary products, and dependent on some prior analysis of what words and expressions literally mean.

Such increased interpretive intelligence depends on static and dynamic models of the domain and application, from which new figurative meanings are abducted automatically or semi-automatically.

Its definitions show the use of Hausa words in context, and particular attention is paid to idioms, figurative meanings, and special usages.

The figurative meaning was mentioned more often in association with products than the literal meaning.

The figurative meaning is associated with social interaction, intimacy and friendly atmosphere.

Hand gestures can import a lot of figurative meaning in paintings, especially religious ones.

"To sabotage", as he points out, can have both a practical and a figurative meaning.

Abramson gives literal as well as figurative meaning to the term.