Sentences with phrase «became symbolic»

In the months that followed, as pre-revolution angst grew, the Liberty Tree continued to be used as a gathering point for dissenters in Boston, until the tree itself became symbolic of their struggle.

Klein is best known for the development of his own vivid ultramarine pigment, International Klein Blue (IKB), which became a symbolic part of his practice, a key to reaching the «infinite» and «sublime» through pure colour.

In his Grove Series, and other groups of panel paintings his color became symbolic and landscape oriented.

A hairy, pimpled arse that became symbolic of some quite dreadful design choices.

Then, in 1773 the original sundial pillar was demolished which became symbolic of the neighborhoods demise.

The name Prius, «to go before» in Latin, became symbolic of a car that was launched even before environmental awareness had become a mainstream social issue.

Pawn Sacrifice (Universal, Blu - ray, DVD, VOD) stars Tobey Maguire as Bobby Fischer and Liev Schreiber as Boris Spassky in this dramatization of the chess match that became the focus of the world when it became a symbolic battle of minds in the Cold War.

The sword pointing upwards became a symbolic idea, and thus inspired the game's subtitle.

The issue of pre-charge detention became a symbolic battle between civil liberties activists and the Home Office under Labour, with many observers noting that the government had effectively scrapped habeas corpus, considered by many constitutional historians to be the foundation of a free society.

The storm of conflicting opinions centres on the Mrs Thatcher who became a symbolic figure - even an «ism».

The picture, itself an iconic representation, became a symbolic reminder not only of Ojukwu's role as the father of APGA but also of his stature in Igbo history.

The rowdy atmosphere of PMQs is not the main cause of voters» disengagement with politics but it became symbolic of the current malaise of British democracy.

ceased being literal and became symbolic.

Recently the Indian became a symbolic focus of the counterculture.

But by nabbing a major global airline, this became a symbolic boot into email's future prospects — the bigger the company, the more the customers, and the faster a «new way of working» becomes the norm.

Kawasaki emphasized how «a little bit of cotton, leather and rubber» became symbolic with this 1990s Nike ad empowering women.

Our feasting, like the rest of the Sabbath and the play of lovers, becomes symbolic of God's gracious presence with us.

The status of divorced Catholics who have remarried without receiving an annulment has become the symbolic issue.

And the totem becomes a symbolic medium through which mystery is disclosed, though perhaps not in the sense of the radical other - ness that we discern in the axial and post-axial religious traditions.

actually by specifically stating a numerical time period it ceases to become symbolic.

Worse, the pious lamentation itself can often become a symbolic substitute for an effective critical method.

That familiar, sinking feeling that has become symbolic of being a McLaren fan in recent years is back.

Should the 21 - year - old be named the club's latest number seven then Depay will be hoping to emulate United legends Eric Cantona, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo, who have become symbolic with that shirt number over the years.

And these tools become symbolic in a crusade to eradicate anti AP acts.

It seems that bottle feeding has become symbolic of babyhood itself.

The only logical conclusion is that no - platforming has become a symbolic act rather than a serious attempt to suppress certain viewpoints.

Many of the participants were clad in bridal gowns in Ricart's memory, a tradition that has become symbolic with the march.

Designed like a curved twig that bypass each other, the silver ring becomes symbolic of the Roman wreathe that is only worn by scholars and royalty during the medieval times.

The company has been in the limelight for its fast - growing Tinder app, which allows smartphone users to swipe right or left to accept a reject a potential partner and has become symbolic of «hookup» culture.

The conventional good - guy - versus - bad - guy narrative vanishes as Bond, Silva and M (Judi Dench) become a symbolic family unit, reunited with an absent father / husband figure.

Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a Washington - based education advocacy group, said the family will face a tough choice among public, private and charter schools in a city where attempts at education reform have become symbolic of the issue nationwide.

The school also becomes the symbolic site where the former urbanites contest their sense of rural place with their neighbors who are long - standing rural inhabitants.

The good news is that many educators who have learned to lead effectively at the technical, human, and educational levels — whether as school or classroom leaders — can learn to become symbolic and cultural leaders.

Under Bond's deft pen, Ruby becomes symbolic of the years of abuse and neglect suffered by both her race and gender.

Stephanie Mattera, Community Events and Outreach Manager for Alex and Ani's Charity by Design division, added, «The Paw Prints charm has become a symbolic testament to the betterment of animals» lives for those who wear the bangle.»

They become symbolic metaphors for a decentralized notion of where we find ourselves culturally grounded, and the spaces that we relate to as home.

Transposed into a gallery setting, the awnings become symbolic markers of transition and literally set the stage for a play that brings the real (the physical installation in the gallery) and the imaginary (the realm evoked through drawings, text, and audio) into conversation.

In popular representation, the works are understood as «priceless» because of their historical significance, while also inconceivably expensive as evidenced in public market sales; their destruction becomes a symbolic erasure of history, as well as an assertion of a new currency and world order.

This tendency indicates the artist's gradual shift toward abstraction, evidenced in his incteasing use of geometrical and purely formal elements, which, in his hands, become symbolic.

They were made after the buildings they refer to, after the architecture has become symbolic rather than just aspirational.

The reuse of broken remnants becomes symbolic of an unburdening, a redemption of past mishaps and failures.

The duality becomes symbolic again in Mike Kelley's «Better Than Nauman,» a 2004 video installation in the gallery's old space, Passerby; it constitutes drunken subject matter in stoner form, although seating would help the latter.

The English translation of the title means «Guardian of the Night» and the sweeper, in this light, seems to become a symbolic stand - in for removing the contents of the day before the dawn of the next.

Encased in structures that protect and transport precious objects through generations, the ringboxes become symbolic of oral historical practices.

Ancient vessels or furniture become symbolic of Chinese history; the use of backpacks are stand - ins for children; traditionally crafted kites become symbols of freedom.

However, due to global spotlights on the contributing role of artisanally - mined minerals with the financing of the Democratic Republic of Congo's on - going armed conflict, these minerals have become symbolic of conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the nine adjoining states.

Since the Feb. 14 massacre of 17 Stoneman Douglas students and faculty, Pine Trails Park has become a symbolic rallying point for students and victims, a home to protests, prayer vigils and memorials.

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Instead, they agreed to a symbolic payment of $ 1 each and asked the city to fund $ 200,000 for a grant program for high school students aspiring to become entrepreneurs.

When an event becomes an objective datum in the emerging constitution of some subsequent occasion, its symbolic form is interpreted anew, in relation to other symbolic objects, but always in conformity with the conditions established by its own actualization.

The decline in the number of missionaries sent abroad has become for them a symbolic focal point for their concern about the entire denominational involvement overseas.