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Figurative in sentence

23 examples of Figurative in a sentence

I make large-scale figurative paintings, which means I paint people like this.
It became kind of an idea for the notion of the surface of a work, and it was used in a project where we could unravel that surface, and it was a figurative idea that was going to be folded and made into a very, kind of complex space.
Nothing larger than the sum of her figurative parts.
Right now some of you are probably thinking, that sounds bad but he means you in a figurative sense, only for the people that actually end up with presbyopia.
Is it too much to ask you to die a figurative death on a political hill in Washington, DC?
Scenes are shot at weird angles -- especially scenes involving figurative and literal lady-killer Zachary Scott.
Mickey Rooney (as Mi Taylor) is a young man drifting along the figurative road to ruin, where he meets 12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor (as Velvet Brown) - she adores horses, but he has a sad history with the animals.
Some of the characters in the present-day "Tremors" films have ancestors, both figurative and literal, in the past.
Look for a cameo by Cato in the beginning, with a figurative wink at the audience.
it is entirely symbolic, everything in it has a figurative meaning.
Defined as an assortment of animals, the expression here takes on both literal and figurative meanings that sort of intertwine throughout the screenplay.
Also, both films have a middle-aged female as the protagonist who becomes involved in covering up for the actions of a child (in "The Deep End" a literal child, in "Swimming Pool" a figurative one).
Aside from the sincerity of the story--its good guy thinks he's a bad guy but becomes the best guy/hero theme--"Hustle" is a non-stop feast of turned tables, of the literal and figurative varieties.
While reconstruction – both literal and figurative – is commencing in some parts of the region, countries like Syria are aflame.
But there is a figurative goldmine – safer and potentially at least as lucrative as the real thing – that most countries possess, but few choose to exploit fully: government procurement.
The Truth About NAFTABERKELEY – As US President Donald Trump receives bids to build his supposed “beautiful wall” along the border with Mexico, his administration is also poised to build some figurative walls with America’s southern neighbor, by renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement.
At around 25,000 years old, she was considered perhaps the world’s oldest piece of figurative art, until September 2008, when archeologists discovered an even older piece – an ivory figurinefrom southwest Germany – estimated to be 35,000-40,000 years old.
In an era when some of the world’s most influential countries are turning inward, talking about erecting trade barriers and constructing border walls, the world needs initiatives focused on building bridges and roads, both literal and figurative – initiatives like the Belt and Road strategy.
I remember being terribly upset once up the river (in a figurative sense, I mean).
What was the learned man's astonishment, when that unaccountable person flung the money on the pavement, and requested in figurative terms to be allowed the pleasure of fighting him (Mr. Pickwick) for the amount!
But after a very few sentences of figurative eloquence, the pink-faced gentleman got from denouncing those who interrupted him in the mob, to exchanging defiances with the gentlemen on the hustings; whereupon arose an uproar which reduced him to the necessity of expressing his feelings by serious pantomime, which he did, and then left the stage to his seconder, who delivered a written speech of half an hour's length, and wouldn't be stopped, because he had sent it all to the Eatanswill GAZETTE, and the Eatanswill GAZETTE had already printed it, every word.
With this figurative illustration of his meaning, Mr. Weller unclasped his pocket-book, and drew forth a dirty sheet of letter-paper, on which were inscribed various characters crowded together in remarkable confusion.
St. John's eyes, though clear enough in a literal sense, in a figurative one were difficult to fathom.