How to Use symbolize in a Sentence

symbolize

verb
Definition of symbolizenext
Synonyms for symbolizenext
  • She came to symbolize the women's movement in America.
  • Anemone is said to symbolize hope for the good days to come.
    — Town & Country, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The foods on the Seder plate symbolize parts of the story.
    — Jeffrey Yoskowitz, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The flag was meant to symbolize the fact that Bell had finished his race.
    — Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2021
  • The teams who symbolized the winners and losers of the trade deadline.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The bright star at the apex symbolizes hope for the holiday.
    — Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • As the acrobats danced and flipped, the rings were raised into the air to symbolize the rebirth of the Games.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The oil used to fry the latkes symbolizes that very miracle of Hanukkah.
    — Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 3 Dec. 2024
  • And across from that, a peach tree, heavy with small roundish puffs that in the fresco symbolize old age.
    — Mark Schapiro, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Yuna's first steps on grass symbolized the start of her new life.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Many of them donned red clothing to symbolize one of the school colors.
    — Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2022
  • The arrival of this rookie class symbolized more than just a changing of the guard.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The bobby pins could symbolize O’Neill’s role in 2023: to serve in an unfussy way.
    — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The clock can symbolize many things like the time for his return being up, or its time to go off.
    — James Brizuela, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In turn, over the years, the sound has also come to symbolize the shift in my skin from oily-in-the-t-zone to completely parched.
    — Dianna Mazzone, Allure, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Each team held the ball for seven seconds and knelt to symbolize the number of times Blake was shot.
    — Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The sun rising over Lake Michigan is meant to symbolize a new day.
    — Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
  • John, Paul, George and Ringo have come to symbolize the whole idea of a team, a collective, crazy kids taking a stand against the world.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2022
  • This striped sweater seemed to symbolize all of those joyful teenage years of me shopping at Gap.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The sesame seed variety is said to have come from the Mexican state of Puebla, and the seeds can symbolize tears.
    — Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2021
  • At her feet lay a broken shackle and chains to symbolize the end of slavery.
    — Reece Jones, CNN, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Flipping the piece over reveals the Olympic flame which symbolizes peace, friendship, and hope.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 July 2023
  • To symbolize reëntry into the world at the end of the seven days of shiva, the grieving party will take a walk around the block.
    — Matthew Schnipper, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2023
  • In the years since, leaders from around the world have followed her lead and planted trees of their own, meant to symbolize world peace.
    — Janaya Wecker, Town & Country, 15 Nov. 2022
  • By this point, Barbie dolls had come to symbolize the height of beauty and fashion.
    — Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
  • The fluffy treat vanishing from the bread symbolizes the way Jesus vanished from the tomb.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
  • So the new year could also symbolize resilience and strength, even in times of struggle.
    — NBC News, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The name comes from the Latin granatum, thought to symbolize pomegranate.
    — Vogue, 10 May 2022
  • And though the coast gets its name from the city of Amalfi — once the seat of a powerful maritime republic — there’s no town that symbolizes this fabled stretch of coast more acutely than Positano.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The title comes from what Charlotte, missing her soulmate, scribbles on the remnants of Adam’s mural (symbolizing the memory of him pressed on her heart).
    — Courtney Howard, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025

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