Sentence examples for symbolic import from inspiring English sources

But dirt, as Mary Douglas showed, can also take on symbolic import as a powerful symbol of purification and renewal.

But the symbolic import of this week's vote can hardly be overstated.

There, the "symbolic" import is all about post-industrial rebirth; here, about connecting communities.

Here a brandished gun comes loaded with symbolic import, not just bullets.

As the weapons systems are not considered cutting edge, Mr. Isaykin's disclosures carried greater symbolic import than military significance.

The symbolic import of the conference was great; the substance of the discussions was absorbing and important.

"Symbolic importance," Erdmann explained.

There's no symbolic significance to the movie, no great philosophical import.

IT IS a symbolic moment.

I hope you see this, because I love guys from Yemen, as well as pictures of structures of considerable symbolic or strategic import.

Last week China announced a one-year ban on imports of ivory carvings, but activists described the move as symbolic, as legal imports are minor and most seizures of illegal items are of raw ivory.