Sentences with phrase «in a figurative sense»

One might claim such in the figurative sense, but we are talking about literal slavery here.
I think we were using the term «miracle» in the figurative sense before.
I sincerely hope none of our readers are playing with fire, either in the literal sense or in the figurative sense with debt.
And pages are, in fact, turning, at least in the 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.»
Or, if the Dispersion is meant in a figurative sense, to all the Christians outside of Palestine?
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.
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 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.
Carrying excessive consumer debt is not only a burden in the figurative sense, it weighs on many aspects of daily living.
He says that «contagious» may be used in a figurative sense, as in «He has a contagious smile.»
There's a war going on for control of the world, in a figurative sense.
In the figurative sense.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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).
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