Metaphors

"Metaphors" in a Sentence (10 examples)

Flowers are so fragile and so beautiful, that you can't speak about them without poetry or metaphors.

Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts.

Not only Orientals love metaphors and similes.

Metaphors are used in everyday life.

Tom uses sports metaphors for everything.

Metaphors aren't meant to be taken literally.

Once again he wrote a song using mixed metaphors.

He is not allowed to use metaphors.

For me, these languages are not just metaphors or objects of fantasy, as I really know them in reality.

If you want to talk about Chinese, it is better that you talk to me directly. You find metaphors and subtlety difficult.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.