D en.Diccio-o.com

3 · en

3 sentences with “figuratively”

Short, simple sentences with “figuratively”, suitable for children and primary/elementary school, with common expressions and related words. You'll also find examples for middle and high school.

Brief definition: figuratively

In a way that uses words or expressions with a meaning different from the literal interpretation, often to create a special effect or to describe something imaginatively. For example, "It's raining cats and dogs" means it's raining heavily, not actual animals falling.

3 sentences with “figuratively” — examples

"Galileo," says Hawking, "was the first scientist to use his eyes, both figuratively and physically. In a way, he was the forerunner of science as we know it today."

·

The idiom is an expression used figuratively and in common use at all social and cultural levels of a country. Generally, it is included in spoken language and only exceptionally appears in written discourse.

·

Mosques were both figuratively and literally central to the cities of the Umayyad caliphate. They were the predominant public spaces for debate among men. They were the courts and the benches. They provided schooling and instruction.

·

Generate sentences with artificial intelligence

Free AI sentence generator: create age-appropriate sentence examples from any word. Ideal for students and language learners.

e.g., bicycle
Show advanced options

Online language tools

See sentences with related words

🔠 Search by letter