How to Use symbology in a Sentence

symbology

noun

• Trump’s campaign has had to disavow Nazi symbology in the past.
  — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2021
• Like the Riddler, Reeves uses this symbology to warn us about the future.
  — Vulture, 18 Apr. 2022
• The Aryan Brotherhood is a prison gang formed in the 1960s that is nearly all-white and uses racist symbology, like swastikas.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 3 July 2019
• Fabrics and the symbology of the dress are repeated themes.
  — Darryl Ratcliff, Dallas News, 25 July 2019
• The dense symbology of a shared Wordle result is more than a top-line score or an invitation to play.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2022
• Perhaps Macron sees the gesture as a way to soften Trump up by playing to his love of military symbology.
  — Heather Hurlburt, Daily Intelligencer, 24 Apr. 2018
• That gives us the platform to be able to communicate these ideas through symbology and talk in metaphors and analogies, cover all these archetypes and human themes.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
• The Equiano exhibit brings to life his Igbo village life and customs, from symbology to recipes to folklore.
  — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 18 Feb. 2022
• The show has shown restraint in beating us over the head with symbology this season, but the subtleties have been there all along; Carrie is, essentially, Brody.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2020
• My map did not require complex symbology or fancy fonts.
  — James Depasquale, Alaska Dispatch News, 11 Aug. 2017
• The snakes may have some personal significance, molting and rebirth and all that; the symbology may also, more than anything, just suggest being a dude.
  — New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021
• The films, in which Hanks portrays Robert Langdon, a professor of art history and symbology, were panned by critics — earning Hanks some of the worst reviews of his career.
  — Justine Browning, EW.com, 13 June 2022
• The prequel bristles with enough secret society symbology, Roman Catholic pageantry and full-contact puzzle-solving to distract from the flaws.
  — Hugh Hart, WIRED, 11 June 2009
• Adopted more than 30 years after the end of the Civil War, the banner has continued to fly despite years of criticism over its symbology, including previous attempts to change it.
  — Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 27 June 2020
• If Thanos is destruction in our emerging global symbology, Pepe the Frog’s visual meaning is something like sad resistance.
  — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2019
• And the history of their relationship with giants—and the symbology underlying each—is quite complex.
  — Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, 3 July 2018
• Some of the most intriguing perspectives on the body are coming from women working beyond the cisgender symbology of womanhood.
  — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2019
• In addition to the timeline and symbology being off, the characterization is patchy.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 5 July 2019
• From the markings on tanks to the classification of aircraft, the armed services use a lot of symbology and abbreviated text to quickly convey information.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Dec. 2018
• The Gettysburg gambit is just his latest attempt to appropriate American history and symbology and pervert it to suit his ends.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2020
• However, though the Mississippi flag was the last to bear the obvious image of the Confederate battle flag, there are other state flags that contain Confederate symbology that may be a little harder to spot.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 1 July 2020
• Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor of art history and religious symbology, is called in to help investigate.
  — ConcepciÓn De LeÓn, The Seattle Times, 26 July 2017
• Villagers use guinea fowl feathers to paint the designs, and the work is typically completed before the rainy season begins in May. Exterior design Walls are decorated with rich symbology.
  — Monica Serrano, National Geographic, 19 Jan. 2023
• Practitioners believe that learning the symbology of numbers and recognizing patterns can enrich our lives.
  — Erika W. Smith, refinery29.com, 2 Jan. 2020
• These pieces are subtle and empowering works of art incorporating trans symbology.
  — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2017
• What started as a popular regional show that went out with a whimper — viewership in Spain dropped by half during the original run of its second half — turned into a phenomenon that’s inspired copycat crimes and real-life resistance symbology.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2022
• The sale includes commemorative jewelry, urns, ornaments and more featuring Irish and Celtic symbology.
  — Leada Gore, AL.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• In numerology, every number has a spiritual significance, and practitioners believe that recognising the symbology and patterns of numbers can enrich their lives.
  — Erika W. Smith, refinery29.com, 29 Feb. 2020
• For instance, auditors are recommending that Facebook expand its recent policy against white nationalism to include implicit mentions, such as symbology and other coded language.
  — Tonya Riley, Washington Post, 1 July 2019
• Though there's some irony overkill via a roving madman quoting various American presidents between scenes, the story avoids easy moralizing and overwrought symbology, ultimately asking us to ponder interpersonal responsibility in an amoral world.
  — Chicago Reader, 6 July 2017

Last Updated: 23 Oct 2024