Example Sentences

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Even if the fire is nonmetaphorical and spreading fast.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2020

The pandemic, which has a roguish sense of humor, effectively called out the informercial-ization of the modern convention by requiring the candidates to convert them into actual, nonmetaphorical infomercials.

From Slate • Aug. 29, 2020

It would show voters that she’s capable of taking it to Wall Street because she would be taking it to Wall Street, at a nonmetaphorical cost to her campaign.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2016

He is increasingly possessed by the idea that there are zombies--actual, nonmetaphorical zombies--in his office.

From Time Magazine Archive