metaphor Sentence Examples

  1. Life is a tapestry woven with threads of joy, sorrow, and adversity.
  2. The words of the poet were a symphony of metaphors, painting vivid pictures in our minds.
  3. The politician's speech was a labyrinth of metaphors, leading us astray from the truth.
  4. The storm was a raging beast, its fury tearing at the shoreline.
  5. Our relationship was a delicate flower, its petals gently unfurling in the sunlight of love.
  6. The mind of the philosopher was an ocean, vast and uncharted, with hidden depths.
  7. The government was a ship adrift, its captain lost at sea.
  8. Time is a river, flowing relentlessly towards the horizon of eternity.
  9. The economy was a fragile bird, its wings fluttering against the headwinds of recession.
  10. The dream of a better world was a beacon of hope, guiding us through the darkness of uncertainty.

metaphor Meaning

Wordnet

metaphor (n)

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

Webster

metaphor (n.)

The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.

FAQs About the word metaphor

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarityThe transference of th

analogy, figure of speech, simile,device, conceit, euphemism,code word, catachresis, dead metaphor, circumlocution

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Life is a tapestry woven with threads of joy, sorrow, and adversity.

The words of the poet were a symphony of metaphors, painting vivid pictures in our minds.

The politician's speech was a labyrinth of metaphors, leading us astray from the truth.

The storm was a raging beast, its fury tearing at the shoreline.