Sentence examples for more figurative interpretation from inspiring English sources

There are moments, too, of more figurative interpretation.

But it may be true in a more figurative sense.

Now his work is more figurative, representing universal themes of relationships, belonging and self-identity.

As time goes on, the images become more figurative and illustrational.

Religious scholars use the term qat'i ("definitive," "not subject to interpretation") when they refer to the Koranic verses (or to the authenticated Prophetic tradition, ahadith) whose formulation is clear and explicit and offers no latitude for figurative interpretation.

That is not even counting the vaguer and more figurative sense of the word.

Some of these repetitions come back in changed ways, more figurative or structural than literal.

The second section of the "Trilogy," "Chamber Symphony," to Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony in C Minor (Opus 110a), is far clearer — more narrative, more figurative — about fear and sorrow.

It used to be more figurative and it went through this period of gestation and she became more confident about expressing this abstract emotion in her.

Jonathan J. Miller, the president of the appraisal firm Miller Samuel, says the 2.5 in the equation is more figurative than literal.

Meanwhile, the more figurative pictures -- of houses, skyscrapers, sluice gates, maps, plants and trees -- are meant to erase negative memories.