6 sentences with 'symbol'
Example sentences and phrases with the word symbol and other words derived from it.
• « On 31 March 1889, a strange monument that has now become the greatest symbol of the city of Paris, and indeed of the whole of France, received its first visitors: the Eiffel Tower. »
• « This revolutionary method changed the life of modern man, and the symbol of the breathtaking change was the legendary Ford T, which at first cost $850, but in 1924 could be bought for less than $300. »
• « The "tapestry sampler" became our symbol for resolving the countless conflicts that arise in marriage. »
• « A status symbol in Rome was to have a Greek slave who could teach his children the Greek language and learning Greek. »
• « The persecution of Christians became a potent symbol for Christianity as a whole. More than a thousand years later, as Christianity took hold as the religion of Europe, the trope of martyrdom was still used to explain righteous suffering. »
• « While the Great Death may be the most iconic aspect of the Columbian Exchange, Potosà is probably the greatest symbol of the enormous influx of mineral wealth that flooded Spanish coffers for more than a century, as well as the site of the greatest human misery caused by this lust for bullion. »