SYMBOLISM in a Sentence

Learn SYMBOLISM from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For SYMBOLISM, below is one of 86 sentences:
There was something almost bridal in his own aspect: his large white gardenia had a symbolic air that struck Lily as a good omen.

Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Input your word:
Search Sentence
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of SYMBOLISM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
symbolism
 n.  practice of investing things with symbolic meaning; system of symbols or representations
Classic Sentence: (48 in 4 pages)
1  A biscuit, in the shady symbolism of prisons, signifies: Nothing to be done.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—EMBRYONIC FORMATION OF CRIMES IN THE INCUBATIO...
2  All this without that diabolic aid which is surely to him; for it have to yield to the powers that come from, and are, symbolic of good.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
3  The long shadows of the forest had slipped down hill while we talked, had gone far beyond the ruined hovel, beyond the symbolic row of stakes.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In III
4  The last Count of Spada, moreover, made me his heir, bequeathing to me this symbolic breviary, he bequeathed to me all it contained; no, no, make your mind satisfied on that point.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18. The Treasure.
5  There was something almost bridal in his own aspect: his large white gardenia had a symbolic air that struck Lily as a good omen.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 8
6  The instincts of merry England lingered on here with exceptional vitality, and the symbolic customs which tradition has attached to each season of the year were yet a reality on Egdon.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: 1 The Inevitable Movement Onward
7  At his desire, she went hunting, which was his symbol of happiness, and she ordered porridge for breakfast, which was his symbol of morality.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  He refused to wear soft hats; cleaved to a hard derby, as a symbol of virility and prosperity; and sometimes he forgot to take it off in the house.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
9  And of all these things the Albino whale was the symbol.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 42. The Whiteness of The Whale.
10  There, then, he sat, the sign and symbol of a man without faith, hopelessly holding up hope in the midst of despair.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
11  Then come out those fiery effulgences, infernally superb; then the evil-blazing diamond, once the divinest symbol of the crystal skies, looks like some crown-jewel stolen from the King of Hell.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 93. The Castaway.
12  A dark valley between three mighty, heaven-abiding peaks, that almost seem the Trinity, in some faint earthly symbol.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon.
13  The wind that made great bellies of their sails, and rushed the vessel on by arms invisible as irresistible; this seemed the symbol of that unseen agency which so enslaved them to the race.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 134. The Chase—Second Day.
14  One of the girls had read somewhere that a red flag was the proper symbol for oppressed workers, and so they mounted one, and paraded all about the yards, yelling with rage.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
15  The young chief removed a fold of his hunting skirt, and quietly exposed the fatal tuft of hair, which he bore as the symbol of victory.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
Example Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
16  To them, the monarchy is the special symbol of nationhood.
17  A stressful job can actually be a status symbol.
18  Among young people, this brand of designer clothing is the ultimate status symbol.
19  The company car is an outward symbol of the employee's status.
20  Exotic pets are the latest status symbol.
21  Often the destruction takes place in public, as a visible symbol of peace replacing war.
22  Having a female bodyguard is more than just a status symbol in Russia.
23  This cypress is tall and thin, and its branches used as a symbol of mourning.
24  It also points up the earring, which is important as a symbol.
25  Also known widely as the Fire Bird, the phoenix is a profound symbol of the circle of life.
26  He was great romantic hero of his century, an adventurer, and after his death in 1967, he became a symbol of revolution on t-shirts and walls of student homes.
27  It is a brief history of how the pineapple has served as both a food and a symbol.
28  This week, a giant symbol of mammon appeared in Russia's most venerated public place, and traditionalists were not amused.
29  Constructed from enough concrete to pave a motorway from New York to San Francisco - this colossal barrier is touted as a symbol of man's mastery over nature and a marvel of 20th Century engineering.
30  A list of phonetic symbols is given in the front of the dictionary.