Sentences with phrase «figurative sense»

The children have not been «branded» in the literal or figurative sense of the word.

You can take that as a terrible jungle - related pun, but it's also true in the oft - applied figurative sense.

A vintage spiral staircase to the tower and the ability to fill their bumps, in the literal and figurative sense of the word.

It's a journey, in the more figurative sense of the word, of one Korean dog's transition from facing a future as meat (if that can be called a future) to life as an American pet.

Eins «saw graffiti as an instrument of institutional critique, shifting the axis of art from the center to the periphery, in a material but also figurative sense,» [8] as I wrote in an article on Fashion Moda.

Companies with this branding approach usually have a unique story to tell about where they and their products came from, both in a literal and more figurative sense, which can be a powerful tool for making a sale.

There's a war going on for control of the world, in a figurative sense.

The modern world, he contends, is polytheistic not just in the figurative sense suggested by Weber but also in a more literal sense as well: There are multiple and competing visions of the biblical God as well as nonbiblical gods, nontheistic spiritualities, fully secular ethical systems, and so on, agents and powers far too numerous and too diverse to be assembled into any coherent pantheon.»

No, Jesus did not talk about the flood in a figurative sense.

«No Christian will dare say that the narrative must not be taken in a figurative sense.

One might claim such in the figurative sense, but we are talking about literal slavery here.

Or, if the Dispersion is meant in a figurative sense, to all the Christians outside of Palestine?

He says that «contagious» may be used in a figurative sense, as in «He has a contagious smile.»

In the figurative sense.

I think we were using the term «miracle» in the figurative sense before.

A reasoned argument on Twitter is an oxymoron I think,» says Sarah Wollaston, sipping a one - shot cappuccino, fresh (in a figurative sense) from a barrage of online abuse.

We know these two live in a different world than us in the figurative sense, but do they also live in another climate zone?

It allows you to stand firmly on your feet in literal and figurative senses.

Winter is always cooler in the figurative sense and designwise

This is all the more appropriate since, as a whole, Civil War can be summed as part effective superhero action / thriller, but also equal parts, if not more so, engaging dramatic / psychological thriller that features Earth's Mightiest Heroes; though admittedly, while the title might suggest otherwise, Civil War is only really a superhero war movie in a figurative sense.

The cycle constantly repeats itself in a figurative sense after the pair are tapped by their construction boss, small - time mobster Max (Peter Falk), to handle what should be a quick and easy job in New York City.

Indeed, in a figurative sense: While it's important to prevent a crisis, it's just as important to know the early warning signs and how to respond to an impending crisis, while also having plans and resources to address a crisis if it actually occurs.

The song in many ways had a literal meaning during the Vietnam war, but it also has some application to social studies in a figurative sense as we end the twentieth century.

In both the literal and figurative senses, Jalal runs.

Doc Ebersole lives with the ghost of Hank Williams - not just in the figurative sense, not just because he was one of the last people to see him alive, and not just because he is rumored to have given Hank the final morphine dose that killed him.

I sincerely hope none of our readers are playing with fire, either in the literal sense or in the figurative sense with debt.

Carrying excessive consumer debt is not only a burden in the figurative sense, it weighs on many aspects of daily living.

While fans have been pulling their hair out and literally (in the figurative sense, of course) bringing GameStop's system to its knees, Nintendo is going full speed ahead with new Super Mario, Splatoon, and Yarn Yoshi versions of the hit figures.

The real charm in Oxenfree is the character development and like the majority of great horror films, Oxenfree explores the theme of isolation, both in a literal sense and in a figurative sense.

And pages are, in fact, turning, at least in the figurative sense.

Despite the heavily abstract natures of these pieces, the wind - swept or darkness blurred surfaces give off a figurative sense, sometimes going so far as to suggest a mapping of geographic boundaries, but set in a retrograde composition which catches perception one moment before it's processed into concept.

(And I mean mover and shaker in both a literal and figurative sense.

As a veteran Southern California trial lawyer, J. Craig Williams is no stranger to swimming with sharks, in the figurative sense.

Obviously, they mean this in a figurative sense.

That means that as time goes on, each individual mining for them has to work harder and harder (in a figurative sense — it's the computer that's working harder and using more electricity, and thus, costing more conventional money).

In a similar, more figurative sense, sand tray therapy uses sand to create a physical, symbolic model of an individual's inner worlds and exclusive realities — or, perhaps more appropriately, their personal, psychological infrastructure.