Sentence examples for literally a place from inspiring English sources

The classic Greek theatron (literally, "a place of seeing") was built in the open air, usually on a hillside, and placed so that the afternoon sunlight came from behind the audience and flooded the performing area with light.

The strip, they argued, with its riot of billboards and neon, was (literally) a place of signs rather than things, where the buildings were only a minor part of an environment of semiotic seductions, designed to be legible to a person travelling by at 35mph.

For book 1 of his epic poem Paradise Lost, published in 1667, John Milton invented Pandemonium – from the Greek pan (all), and daimon (evil spirit), literally "a place for all the demons" – or, as Milton first expressed in the poem: "A solemn Councel forthwith to be held At Pandæmonium, the high Capital Of Satan and his Peers".

What really sets this brand's sleek tote apart from its competitors is the interior -- there is literally a place for everything!

"The most obvious way this happens is through karaoke, and Jenifer Wofford's Dearly Beloved Karaoke Chapel is literally a place of worship that is giving people a site to both grieve and feel joy," he says.

This is how markets form — literally as a place where buyers and sellers come together to trade.

This is a very broad step, but try narrowing it down to interesting sounds, unusual sounds, or sounds that literally describe a place.

Mona Hatoum's "Home" is literally a charged place, where ordinary household objects carry the threat of electric shock.

When combined with how simple it is in many countries to obtain a gun, buy a knife or even simply to drive a car, literally any place may become a crime scene at any time.

In the second half of the 20th century, the world became, quite literally, a darker place.

In Divonne, the water that is its reason for being occupies quite literally a central place: the mineral springs bubble up into picturesque pools in three separate spots, and the surprisingly swift Divonne River flows through the town's heart, surrounded by pretty blue railings and stone walkways and benches that invite a picnic.