Symbolic means Pertaining to a symbol. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like signal or signaling.
Symbolic in a sentence
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Symbolic meaning
- Pertaining to a symbol.
- Implicitly representing or referring to another thing.
Synonyms of Symbolic
Example sentences (20)
It will be vital to listen for what people are saying as well as the symbolic meanings behind what they are saying.
But even symbolic moves have their place as the EU's institutions try to repair their recent reputational damage.
It is truly astonishing how we can trace Garafilia’s continuing influence across various forms of symbolic retention.
Maybe part of the answer is that Roe’s authors never intended the decision to take on the symbolic value that it did.
Alexa, however, isn't the first to hint that Joe was sexually active in his teens despite wearing the symbolic jewelry.
So if all changes, large or small, will be resisted, why not go for the ones with the most symbolic resonance?
There is, of course, the highly symbolic timing of the crash, precisely two months after the aborted mutiny.
One McCarthy critic, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, cast his vote for Donald Trump, symbolic but pointed.
The angels in Westminster Hall are significant for their symbolic representation, each holding the royal standard of Richard II.
The mayor of last year's host city, Turin, handed over the symbolic Eurovision key to his Liverpool counterpart, Joanne Anderson.
The symbolic reading of the Emancipation Proclamation at midnight was a key highlight of the jubilee.
Just last week, we marked nine decades since one of the most harrowing and highly symbolic events in the lead-up to the Holocaust.
Kyiv said it was “symbolic” that the capital had been the subject of such a large-scale attack on the day Ukraine marks Holodomor.
Ligon said The Rock is “very symbolic” for NU students and that painting it is a form of activism.
Instead, it’s on behalf of a largely symbolic $14 billion Israel aid package from the war finance capital of the world on the Potomac.
Ogalla added that the occasion was symbolic as it underscored the strength and importance of collaboration between government agencies.
A new gateway from the centre's patio area to its quiet garden was a 30th year project, which entailed a symbolic breaking down of a wall.
Putin's latest move to support the ruble came days after the Russian currency dipped below the symbolic threshold of 100 to the US dollar.
The symbolic image, which stands for celibacy, had a long message reflecting 'being single'.
In Brazil’s last gun-control campaign, in 2003, Brazilians were invited to turn in their guns and receive a symbolic payment from the state.
Common combinations with symbolic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the symbolic 28×
- symbolic of 20×
- largely symbolic 13×
- is symbolic 11×
- and symbolic 10×
- was symbolic 8×
- as symbolic 6×
- symbolic gesture 6×
- symbolic but 6×
- symbolic moment 5×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word symbolic. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.