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Recent Examples of metaphorically
But its blunt, inelegant dialogue is peppered with characters (metaphorically) vomiting up their darkest secrets.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
Destiny calls loudly as passionate Mars charges into your 9th House of Distance, urging you to attempt things that are literally or metaphorically far from your comfort zone.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
The King and Queen were metaphorically putting an arm around them.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 25 Mar. 2026
Try styling with white socks and slim shoes—or even go with heels for a look that’s elevated both literally and metaphorically.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2026
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
Destiny calls loudly as passionate Mars charges into your 9th House of Distance, urging you to attempt things that are literally or metaphorically far from your comfort zone.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
The King and Queen were metaphorically putting an arm around them.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 25 Mar. 2026
Try styling with white socks and slim shoes—or even go with heels for a look that’s elevated both literally and metaphorically.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for metaphorically
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metaphorically
Adverb
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One young man, his shirt off and loosely draped around his neck along with a Santa Muerte necklace, sports tattoos of a Kalashnikov rifle and a flaming skull, regarding the camera with bedroom eyes.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Store, loosely covered, at room temperature.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Apr. 2026
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Its international airport — which only recently reopened — has the remains of propeller planes carelessly tossed to the side of the runway, their bodies riddled with bullet holes and their wings askew.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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Treat the produce section carelessly.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
3 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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In 2024, Abbott recalled several lots of Libre 3 sensors due to inaccurately high readings.—
Elizabeth Chuck,
NBC news,
11 Mar. 2026
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Trump was inaccurately describing federal data.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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During that time, however, he was allowed to come and go almost freely, spending most days at his office or his home in Palm Beach.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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The moral injury from which hip-hop could not heal, in his mind, was the incursion of capitalism, the selling out, the culture-vulture turn that Bambaataa spoke to and spoke to freely.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Metaphorically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metaphorically. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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