English example sentences with "figurative"

The figurative meaning is no longer in current use.
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This is a figurative expression.
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What do you prefer, abstract or figurative painting?
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"That story was so funny I literally died from laughter." "Then how come you're talking to me now?" "Of course, I didn't actually die, it was just a figure of speech." "So you're saying you used 'literally' in a figurative way." "Apparently. Got a problem with that?" "No, just finding it amusing that language can twist to the point that a word comes to mean its own opposite."
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In both the literal and figurative sense a donkey is hardier than a horse.
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This is modern figurative art.
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Yanni wrote a study about modern figurative art.
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If this sentence has a figurative meaning, I would not be aware of it.
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Modernists like Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso began redefining art in the late 19th century when they broke away from the figurative tradition of basing art on the landscape, the human figure and daily routines.
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