metaphoric
- a variation of metaphorical.
- a word derived from metaphor.
Example Sentences
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Klee was a metaphoric artist who consistently combined universal themes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026
Heavily metaphoric and less intimately provocative than the French writer-director’s previous movies, “Alpha” is a domestic drama that may not necessarily be set at the end of the world.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
As in all sports novels, climbing offers the characters a framework for living, and Mr. Tallent magnifies every aspect of its metaphoric potential.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
And so it's really nice that people like you notice that sense of us as cloud makers, the little metaphoric embeddings of that pattern.
From Salon • May 28, 2025
This begat a tradition of colorful but useless metaphoric descriptions that preoccupied physicians for centuries.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
