Example Sentences

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What it will not be as useful for is symbolizing the thing it was designed to represent and normalize: periods.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2019

Music remains a potent symbolic force, but these days, and particularly for this pope, it is symbolizing multiculturalism and inclusiveness rather than the purity of established tradition.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2015

Urgently, he adds: “Poe is symbolizing the finality of death!”

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2013

Water is the cause of life, and when Christ speaks of water, He is symbolizing that which is the cause of Everlasting Life.

From Paris Talks by `Abdu'l-Bahá