Sentence examples for symbolized power from inspiring English sources

Hicks meant the beasts to typify human traits in line with his view of contemporary Quaker politics: the lion symbolized power gained through wealth, the leopard a suave, threatening worldliness.

Joan Aruz refers in the exhibition's huge catalogue to "combinations of human and animal figures [which] create images of supernatural creatures," such as the immensely powerful "Standing Lioness Demon" lent by the Brooklyn Museum and the many images of bulls or bull-humans, which symbolized power and fertility.

Sex, freely expressed and endorsed by popular culture, symbolized power, especially for women.

A mvwala staff from this era, an object that traditionally symbolizes power and a connection with ancestors, invokes Christianity as a source of authority with a figure of St. Anthony on its finial.

Mario Martone's production emphasizes tyranny by means of Sergio Tramonti's décor, which contrasts Luisa's forest abode with an austere, tribunal-like room, symbolizing power, for scenes with Walter.

Of course discrimination has a lot to do with it – white men still symbolize power and competence in American culture – but many women are also turned off by the macho environment that Christie and his ilk perpetuate.

Predictably, Mr. Kuhn did not allow his staging, which was thoughtful and fluent, to interfere with the music, although the 2005 production does not lack innovative touches, even perplexing ones, like the presence of a simulated organ console, perhaps meant to symbolize power.

The process of social change, like the growth of the Banyan tree, symbolizes power and unity.

The condor on top of the shield stretches his wings to symbolize power, greatness and strength of Ecuador.

First, there was the predictable crowing from terrestrial competitors who had been threatened by Webvan, which had symbolized the power of the Internet to transform even the most mundane industries.

Voluminous locks have symbolized female power throughout history, from the wealthy Roman women whose elaborate hairstyles were created by their slaves to Marie Antoinette and her four-foot wigs, from the cast of "Dynasty" to the current crop of dandelion-headed women appearing in popular culture at the same moment as a simple plastic device that promises instant volume by "bumping" it up.