Example Sentences

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It’s the visuality, the iconicity of Auschwitz that constitutes it.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2018

I think it’s by overuse of the same iconicity.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2018

In domains such as big/small, sound symbolic words translate aspects of size to physical aspects of the vocal tract, a linguistic feature termed iconicity.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2015

It’s a lovely image, framed in long-shot, playing off Pattinson’s iconicity and his intense desire to be alone.

From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2014

I’d rather believe that there’s some magic in a low-key shake done to the waltz-time specified by Nick Charles—as in The Nick & Nora, which coasts ahead of the worthy All-American by sheer iconicity.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2013