EMBLEM in a Sentence

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29 example sentences for EMBLEM, such as:

1. The dove is an emblem of peace.
2. The maple leaf is the emblem of Canada.
3. The national emblem of England is a rose.
4. A rose is the national emblem of England.
5. The national emblem of Canada is a maple leaf.

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 Meanings and Examples of EMBLEM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
emblem
 n.  symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1  It was a warm June morning, and the Latter Day Saints were as busy as the bees whose hive they have chosen for their emblem.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
2  The stem of a young fir-tree lopped of its branches, with a piece of wood tied across near the top, was planted upright by the door, as a rude emblem of the holy cross.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  Under this respectable emblem stood a cross, stated to be the mark of Gurth, the son of Beowulph.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
4  It bore no emblem of the deceased's birth or quality, for armorial bearings were then a novelty among the Norman chivalry themselves and, were totally unknown to the Saxons.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
5  Well, this dead man had some Catholic emblem round his neck, and that, along with his colour, made me think he was from the South.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
6  Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition, for often, like him, when I viewed the bliss of my protectors, the bitter gall of envy rose within me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
7  An imp of evil, emblem and product of sin, she had no right among christened infants.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VI. PEARL
8  There can be, if I forbode aright, no power, short of the Divine mercy, to disclose, whether by uttered words, or by type or emblem, the secrets that may be buried in the human heart.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
9  His body, which was nearly naked, presented a terrific emblem of death, drawn in intermingled colors of white and black.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
10  His own emblem, quivering and aflare, was winging toward the other.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
11  In fact, everybody in the room bore on his head this characteristic emblem of man's sovereignty; whether it were felt hat, palm-leaf, greasy beaver, or fine new chapeau, there it reposed with true republican independence.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
12  She seemed the emblem of my past life; and here I was now to array myself to meet, the dread, but adored, type of my unknown future day.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
13  The picture, changed or unchanged, would be to him the visible emblem of conscience.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
14  He had, however, been anticipated by the elder Mohican, who had already torn the emblems of victory from the unresisting heads of the slain.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
15  The latest straggler had returned from his fell employment, only to strip himself of the terrific emblems of his bloody calling, and to join in the lamentations of his countrymen, as a stricken people.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
Example Sentence:
1  The national emblem of Canada is a maple leaf.
2  The national emblem of England is a rose.
3  A rose is the national emblem of England.
4  The dove is an emblem of peace.
5  The only solution is a third emblem, a red diamond on a white background, it has no cultural or religious significance.
6  The maple leaf is the emblem of Canada.
7  Learn about the arboreal emblems that represent the provinces and territories of Canada.
8  The blue and gold windows – incorporating stars and lilies, emblems of the Virgin Mary and linked to royalty – are the first commissioned by the abbey in more than 10 years.