Sentence examples for literal as from inspiring English sources

His descent is literal as well as metaphorical.

He is a literal, as well as spiritual, misfit.

When Mr. Miles gets too literal, as on "Binary Mind," you can begin to feel cornered.

That's literal, as well as metaphorical: the whole collection was offered for sale immediately online.

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

In that sense, Paul is definitely her liberator, in a literal as well as spiritual sense.

I think Camus intended such a literal – as well as allegorical - reading.

He believes that they represent a literal as well as mystical truth.

And yet even the most frightening moments aren't as punishingly literal as are those of today's norm.

But documentary films have emerged from the not inconsiderable belief that it's good to be literal as well as truthful.

In the case of the Infiniti Q50 customized by Thom Browne, the fashion designer, the car's shininess is literal as well as figurative.