Explore Metaphors through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Metaphors meaning
plural of metaphor
Using Metaphors
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of metaphor
- In the example corpus, metaphors often appears in combinations such as: metaphors and, metaphors for, metaphors in.
Context around Metaphors
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Metaphors
- In this selection, "metaphors" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, organic, novel, conceptual, likening, ephrem and now stand out and add context to how "metaphors" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include analogies and metaphors and and baseball metaphors in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "metaphors" sits close to words such as ammonium, asher and attaches, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with metaphors
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Now, the metaphors are obvious. (5 words)
Nonlinguistic metaphors Metaphors can also map experience between two nonlinguistic realms. (11 words)
So I looked for metaphors in our world that are universal. (11 words)
Fundamentally, memetics is an attempt to produce knowledge through organic metaphors, which as such is a questionable research approach, as the application of metaphors has the effect of hiding that which does not fit within the realm of the metaphor. (40 words)
It’s self-flattering nonsense to treat them as binary states of light and darkness, or to resort to idiotic metaphors about America’s sacred democracy teetering on the edge of a bottomless abyss. (34 words)
The forests of South America offer Jabr some of his most resonant metaphors: “A cloud is Earth seeing its own breath,” he writes “… a levitating lake, typically weighing more than several blue whales. (33 words)
Did I just use skiing and baseball metaphors in the same short paragraph? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
Fundamentally, memetics is an attempt to produce knowledge through organic metaphors, which as such is a questionable research approach, as the application of metaphors has the effect of hiding that which does not fit within the realm of the metaphor.
In recent years many scholars have investigated the original ways in which writers use novel metaphors and question the fundamental frameworks of thinking implicit in conceptual metaphors.
Nonlinguistic metaphors Metaphors can also map experience between two nonlinguistic realms.
Other such metaphors are common to many languages because they are based on general human experience, for example, metaphors likening up with good and bad with down.
Symbols and metaphors Ephrem's writings contain a rich variety of symbols and metaphors.
Using masculine and feminine metaphors for God is one way to remind ourselves that gendered descriptions of God are just metaphors.
And in that era, every writer was trying to use resemblances or metaphors to say something.
Instead, I was met with engaging metaphors that helped me understand AI’s impact on our nation.
Now, the metaphors are obvious.
Teddy, who is also a fan of metaphors, now feels that he’s re-emerging from his ‘shell’.
The mononoke themselves, the spirits responsible for the hauntings, are either never depicted on-screen or in abstract fashion steeped in symbolism and visual metaphors.
These images always seemed to me to be metaphors, although I understand that rational people disagree with that interpretation.
Users have a better grasp of complicated ideas when voice interactions include analogies and metaphors.
Did I just use skiing and baseball metaphors in the same short paragraph?
He uses layered metaphors, expands on personal growth, relationships, and even TDE’s role in shaping him.
It’s self-flattering nonsense to treat them as binary states of light and darkness, or to resort to idiotic metaphors about America’s sacred democracy teetering on the edge of a bottomless abyss.
Simon does an excellent job on “The Dangling Conversation” of noting the details of the surroundings, while also sneaking in telling metaphors and similes that bring out the sorrow of the situation.
So I looked for metaphors in our world that are universal.
The forests of South America offer Jabr some of his most resonant metaphors: “A cloud is Earth seeing its own breath,” he writes “… a levitating lake, typically weighing more than several blue whales.
While his Brooklyn Museum atrium installation last year explored the natural mycelium and root systems as metaphors for reconnection, his current works delve further, bridging the dimensions of the terrestrial, urban and transcendent.
Common combinations with metaphors
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- metaphors and 17×
- metaphors for 13×
- metaphors in 10×
- the metaphors 9×
- metaphors are 8×
- and metaphors 8×
- as metaphors 8×
- of metaphors 7×
- metaphors of 6×
- metaphors that 5×