| All of which makes me realize how appropriate it is that Atkinson Grimshaw should be the artist whose work stands, metonymically, for this whole experience. |
| In ordinary language, it's subtly offensive when someone speaks about another person metonymically, calling a woman a blonde, or a man a suit. |
| The object doesn't necessarily have to be an activity, though an activity is usually implied metonymically. |
| Rather, she keeps close to home, a location that metonymically signals that her interests are congruous with the interests of her husband and family. |
| The conflict is emblematized, both physically and metonymically, by the gun on one hand and women on the other. |
| Indeed, the paradoxical literacy work that occurs in writing conferences and writing centers represents metonymically the paradoxical work of higher education generally. |
