| What I intended as a provocative metaphorical goad, Hart took literally as a definite and categorical challenge, which I welcome. |
| By the twentieth century, Pompeii's metaphorical significance had largely eclipsed its moral charge. |
| A Mondrian would be a good example of fundamentalist art that was immediately apprehended as metaphorical. |
| Tsai's mood is absolutely unique because it can be deeply sad and deadpan funny, highly metaphorical and stubbornly concrete at the same time. |
| European countries raped and pillaged the continent, destroying the social fabric and leaving a metaphorical smoking hole behind. |
| You mentioned language and its multiple meaning, metaphorical asides, its evocative transgressions and endearing intentionality. |
