Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dead metaphors
Noun
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Willmett and Harris are clearly uninterested in euphemisms, so there’s an exaggerated naivety to their lyrics.—
Alex Robert Ross,
Pitchfork,
8 June 2026 -
Gendron thinks of euphemisms like this as red flags that someone is afraid to identify as old.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Villa Coco is all but frescoed with figurative language, and Greer’s seemingly effortless storytelling belies the careful craft of his metaphors and similes.—
Jacob Brogan,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2026
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My book recommendations are like perfect similes.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Animals serve as allies, guides, objects of cruelty and aggression, and as striking metaphors for power, imperialism, and insurrection.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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Arnold uses different metaphors to describe his feelings about what lies between him and brother.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
Noun
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But upcoming listings from SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI are big enough and systemically important enough to the market that those analogies may not apply.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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The closest analogies for compute are oil and electricity — commodities that are essential, volatile, and hard to store or transport, Silicon Data CEO Carmen Li told Semafor.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
26 May 2026
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“Dead metaphors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dead%20metaphors. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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