How to Use metaphorically in a Sentence

metaphorically

adverb

• And the very best books will take you by the hand (metaphorically) and teach you a new skill right in your own kitchen.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
• The best way to combat the urge is to invest in a product that can scratch the itch for you instead—metaphorically.
  — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 30 Aug. 2024
• But instead of being metaphorically stuck in the sand, many of these people are stuck in a rut.
  — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2022
• And, no, Phillips doesn’t just mean that metaphorically.
  — EW.com, 25 Sep. 2024
• Field is a maestro in his own right, at least metaphorically.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Nov. 2022
• That turns out to be just as unsettling as an eerie lake or a cabin in the woods, and more metaphorically potent to boot.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
• And then—this best of all—to walk away, to take a life without taking a life, to kill only the spirit, to murder metaphorically.
  — Christian Wiman, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022
• For all of his purpose, mission and the calling, Sanders has metaphorically parted the Red Sea.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2022
• But the mountain stands tall metaphorically, too — as a global icon and as a testament to the forces that shape our planet, Dai said.
  — Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
• Who needs steak when there’s a confection as metaphorically meaty as the Baked Alaska for Two?
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2022
• That coveted and kitschy statuette of Poe is — metaphorically at least — to kill for.
  — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022
• Getting around the kitchen table — physically and metaphorically — is at the heart of how Glover ended up in Utah in the first place.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Nov. 2022
• If all the parents are willing to hold the ladder -- metaphorically, in the sense of being present -- consent is assumed.
  — Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 9 Feb. 2023
• Aesthetics and care for the image, how to show the works of art; keeping the idea of the journey alive, both metaphorically and in reality.
  — Holly Jones, Variety, 2 Jan. 2023
• This has all been (metaphorically) sanded away on the Classic Moon, however, with nary a hard edge in sight.
  — Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2024
• On the moon, there’s gold in them hills, not just metaphorically but literally.
  — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• And Kegels, despite the inclement weather, had brought the sunshine, metaphorically at least.
  — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
• Her mom’s in her ear all the time, metaphorically and literally.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 18 May 2024
• Their feats are not just for the sake of a gasp — shout-out here to the astonishing Keaton Hentoff-Killian — but are metaphorically connected to the story on stage.
  — Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
• One that might have a few business leaders kicking stock pots—metaphorically, of course.
  — Eric Miquelon, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• The novel follows the lives of three friends over the course of their youth in Poland to their adulthood in different places, physically and metaphorically.
  — Kaitlin Stevens, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2023
• After more than two years of staying put—both literally and metaphorically—we're ready to go on a trip; to go see a show; to go shopping for a new wardrobe—to just get out and go.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 10 June 2022
• Now Hannigan bares all (metaphorically, jeez!) about the movie.
  — Mara Reinstein, Vulture, 6 June 2024
• Not very far, according to the Doomsday Clock, which has been metaphorically ticking since 1947.
  — Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2023
• The name refers to the uppermost gallery seats in an Italian opera house, and the perfume smells of fruit salad, as in all kinds of fruits (crazy people, metaphorically) mixed together.
  — Molly Young, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• The song is about the blood women bleed every month in a material sense but also metaphorically.
  — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 24 Apr. 2024
• Here are highlights from a day that started chilly but heated up quickly, metaphorically at least.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2022
• As metaphorically intriguing as that sounds – and indeed, is at the start – the first season ultimately feels a bit too scattered and chaotic to match the stature of its premise.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 23 June 2023
• So who will step up to replace him, to fill the metaphorically giant shoes of a man who single-handedly transformed his own party?
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
• And if there’s any deviation from that, they’ll be punished — and not metaphorically.
  — Jennifer Wright, refinery29.com, 2 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 4 Jan 2025