SYMBOLIZE in a Sentence

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86 example sentences for SYMBOLIZE, such as:

1. Exotic pets are the latest status symbol.
2. And of all these things the Albino whale was the symbol.
3. It also points up the earring, which is important as a symbol.
4. It is not clear what these symbols were intended to represent.
5. The company car is an outward symbol of the employee's status.

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 Meanings and Examples of SYMBOLIZE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
symbolize
 v.  represent; signify; stand for
Classic Sentence: (48 in 4 pages)
1  It was a tall lean shabby structure, three stories of yellow-streaked wood, the corners covered with sanded pine slabs purporting to symbolize stone.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
2  No, thought I, there must be some sober reason for this thing; furthermore, it must symbolize something unseen.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8. The Pulpit.
3  Therefore, in his other moods, symbolize whatever grand or gracious thing he will by whiteness, no man can deny that in its profoundest idealized significance it calls up a peculiar apparition to the soul.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 42. The Whiteness of The Whale.
4  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
5  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
6  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.
7  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
8  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
9  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
10  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
11  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.
12  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.
13  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.
14  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.
15  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.
Example Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
16  Among young people, this brand of designer clothing is the ultimate status symbol.
17  The company car is an outward symbol of the employee's status.
18  Exotic pets are the latest status symbol.
19  Often the destruction takes place in public, as a visible symbol of peace replacing war.
20  Having a female bodyguard is more than just a status symbol in Russia.
21  This cypress is tall and thin, and its branches used as a symbol of mourning.
22  It also points up the earring, which is important as a symbol.
23  Also known widely as the Fire Bird, the phoenix is a profound symbol of the circle of life.
24  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.
25  It is a brief history of how the pineapple has served as both a food and a symbol.
26  This week, a giant symbol of mammon appeared in Russia's most venerated public place, and traditionalists were not amused.
27  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.
28  A list of phonetic symbols is given in the front of the dictionary.
29  Hand symbols in the main body of the text cross - refer the reader to the appendices.
30  It is not clear what these symbols were intended to represent.