Sentence examples for to represent something as from inspiring English sources

They're not technically challenging, it's about attempting to represent something as simply as possible.

A symbol, says the dictionary, is something that stands for something else or a sign used to represent something, "as the lion is the symbol of courage, the cross the symbol of Christianity".

They meant it when they said they actively wanted to represent something positive, as Arsenal and the Manchester clubs do, and you certainly give thanks for that.

He has accepted a lucrative commission from a mysterious editor from Paris, a glib, natty gent who claims to represent something known as Éditions de la Lumière — which, David has begun to suspect, means that he may actually have made a deal with the devil.

An archetype is usually a character -- although it may also be an action or situation -- that is believed to represent something universally recognized as part of human nature.

Symbolism is using something to represent something else, such as the storm gathering around Roderick Usher's house in Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," representing Usher's own disquiet after his sister's burial.

As with any mixtape project, particularly one intended to represent something of our diversity as a species and what it means to be a human, there are going to be some obvious omissions; not least the Beatles.

They are here to represent something more vague: Africa, poverty and, as they might say at the royal Christmas lunch, "Those Less Fortunate Than Ourselves".

Representative gestures include pointing gestures to indicate objects or locations (e.g., pointing to a cube in order to refer to that cube), iconic gestures to illustrate concrete objects or actions (e.g., tracing a triangle in the air to mean triangle), and metaphoric gestures that resemble something concrete in order to represent something abstract (e.g., cupping hands as if to "hold" an idea).

I think the reason it's appealing is it's quite hard to represent something that's so abstract, such as a micro-second transfer of information.

They learn to represent something larger than themselves and see themselves as part of a bigger picture.