Sentence examples for this signified from inspiring English sources

This signified "SHUT UP!" "Back for more breakfast?" the waitress asked.

Whatever this signified, Sweerts made his way to the headquarters of Portuguese Jesuits who were opposed to Pallu in Goa, on the Indian subcontinent, where he died in 1664.

While no formal announcement was made, it was assumed this signified Dundas both paying tribute to those he has worked with for the past six years, and handing over the mantle.

This signified widespread apprehension concerning possible outbreaks of violence, reinforced by rioting the day before the election that resulted in at least one death and some abusive police behaviour.

It is obvious that if the care accessed by the older relative put the next of kin in a stressful situation and caused them worry and discomfort, this signified dissatisfaction with care.

According to at least one consultant, this signified 'success' as generally, service users do not eliminate their pain through the treatments offered by the pain clinic, but instead sufferers find alternative, more effective ways of self-managing symptoms.

"After I sort of grasped the whole sign, signifier, signified deal, I had already tied my brain in a sufficient knot.

Predominantly, parents used words such as 'reassured', 'confirmation' and 'confidence', although for refusers this generally signified confirmation that other parents shared their reservations.

"It's the triumph of the signifier over the signified, the simulacral over the real.

It also symbolizes a vital element of all Bausch's work: the moment when representation becomes reality, when the ideas of the signifier and the signified collapse.

The identity of the signifier and the signified exists on the level of a set of differentiations within the same media.