Sentence examples for use as a metaphor from inspiring English sources

Was he also aware of its potential use as a metaphor?

He would eventually put Rome to use as a metaphor for the unconscious as a ruined landscape waiting to be excavated.

It happens when Mr. Bell, who narrates the film in the jocular first-person style of Michael Moore or Morgan Spurlock, reflects on steroid use as a metaphor for modern American life.

The association of the storm petrel with turbulent weather has led to its use as a metaphor for revolutionary views, the epithet "stormy petrel" being applied by various authors to characters as disparate as a Roman tribune, a Presbyterian minister in the early Carolinas, an Afghan governor, or an Arkansas politician.

The association of the storm petrel with turbulent weather has led to its use as a metaphor for revolutionary views, the epithet "stormy petrel" being applied by various authors to characters as disparate as Roman tribune Publius Clodius Pulcher, a Presbyterian minister in the early Carolinas, an Afghan governor, or an Arkansas politician.

In this composition, the truck is being used as a metaphor for "how sexual violence knocks us off our axis," according to the artist.

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Much of the enmity stems from people misunderstanding that selfishness is being used as a metaphor.

Climbing high mountains is often used as a metaphor for other ominously difficult projects.

The banyan tree was used as a metaphor for the three-part program.

Baseball is sometimes used as a metaphor for life, and with reason.