How To Use Emblem In A Sentence

Oman: three horizontal bands of white, red, and green of equal width with a broad, vertical, red band on the hoist side; the national emblem (a khanjar dagger in its sheath superimposed on two crossed swords in scabbards) in white is centered at the top of the vertical band The 2001 CIA World Factbook
He had chasubles, also, of amber-coloured silk, and blue silk and gold brocade, and yellow silk damask and cloth of gold, figured with representations of the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ, and embroidered with lions and peacocks and other emblems; dalmatics of white satin and pink silk damask, decorated with tulips and dolphins and fleurs-de-lis; altar frontals of crimson velvet and blue linen; and many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria. The Picture of Dorian Gray
The wyvern was the emblem of the rulers of Wessex and the word "wyvern" is associated with the many areas of Wessex, reflected in many county and town heraldries of the South West and west of England.
( "Emblematic of this anticlerical mindset was the tendency to" laicize "the names of locations with two words of religious significance, by contracting them into one. Cristero Rebellion: part 1 - toward the abyss
Yorkshire folk turned prickly yesterday after a wild flower charity announced that the common harebell had replaced the white rose as the county's floral emblem.

At the vertex is a medical student named Karlanner (played by Stephen Barker Turner), a kind of emblematic conflicted "good German" - leftishly inclined, living with the Jewish girlfriend who rescued him from alcoholism. A Lost Voice Surfaces From A Sinister Interlude
FLOWERS are raised everywhere in great variety and in great abundance, and the chrysanthemum is the emblem of the country and is used on postage stamps. Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)
Was it not enough that, like the other insignia, it should be an emblem of scorn and mockery, since that was their aim?
The Vespa scooter became emblematic of sophisticated urban culture across Europe.
Above the centre gateway, between the noble wings of the propyla which flank it, is a representative emblem of Osiris, in the shape of a splendid shield of the sun, a half-sphere of gold, from which extend wings for many yards, each feather glittering with precious stones. The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage
She had been alerted online to the product by an Indian citizen appalled at the prospect of people trampling over or wiping their feet on the emblem. Times, Sunday Times
And I mark that the crescent was Mohammed's emblem!
Their emblem of the Black Kraken, which the simple thought to represent a mere giant devilfish, actually depicted this pulsing, growing, black cloud of terror. Conan Of The Isles
Trevelyan himself was present, bent with age, his musty gown fraying at the edges - emblematic, I remember thinking, of an old order passing.
His body is an angular, jutting emblem of a body uncomfortable everywhere.
Most valued are the doubloons, aluminum coins about the size of a silver dollar with the krewe's emblem.
The thistle at far right signifies the Scottish-born Stewart's ancestry, that plant being Scotland's national emblem.
Believers also carry a knife - a kirpan - as one of five key emblems of their faith.
This so-called rebirth of the Italian cinema in the late 1980s is emblematic of the cyclical character of Italian cinema in general, which is often characterized by film historians as a series of crises and rebirths.
First, the Liverpool dockworkers should not be seen as emblematic of a new form of labor internationalism.
At any rate, as the years pass, let us on this side of the water be more and more in the one great family, looking to the time when the young Canadian will win the crown of wild olive, that emblem of sweet honour and gray rest, that which is given as a reward and as a guerdon to gallant youth who stands dowered from the night and splendid for the day as the pride and hope of mankind. The Imperial Significance of Games
Study the flags and emblems. Times, Sunday Times
a crown is emblematic of royalty
Lockey makes the same point by transferring the family escutcheons to the yellow curtain on the left, where they become, in effect, emblems of folly.
Myles proved to be a valiant soldier and was awarded two Papal emblems, a medal and a cross at the end of the war.
The sensitive plant is too vulgar an allusion; but if the truth of modern naturalists may be depended upon, there is a plant which, instead of receding timidly from the intrusive touch, angrily protrudes its venomous juices upon all who presume to meddle with it: – do not you think this plant would be your fittest emblem? Letters for Literary Ladies: To Which is Added, An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification
The Fender guitar is a classic in American rock bands, and Malmberg's guitar is emblematic of the type, with a yellow body that fades to deep orange and then black, what's known as a "sunburst" pattern. StarTribune.com rss feed
The roll-call of the missing presumed dead is the tragic emblem of such atrocities, and it is no surprise that the fate of one woman in particular has caused much comment.
The spikenard is a lowly herb, the emblem of humility. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Up will go the red Hong Kong bauhinia-flower emblem, the red-and-yellow Chinese flag and the red-and-gold seal of China. Painting The Town Red
Using the humanistic technique of history and reminiscence, this article traces the idiosyncracies of the pythagorean philosophy: the refusal to put law in writing, the use of hieroglyphs, the dependence upon oracular judgment, the belief in multiple lives, askesis and akousmata, and places them at the root of what is most emblematically common law. Archive 2008-04-01
Totem: An animal, a plant, or a natural object serving among certain tribal or traditional peoples as the emblem of a clan or family and sometimes revered as its founder, ancestor , or guardian.
The mark on the underside of this piece is classified as an emblem because it has characteristics that are typical of other emblems on ceramic ware of this type and period.
Two grand staircases frame the 50m long ramp, sumptuously sculpted with coiled dragons, marking the imperial emblem.
And Kuznetsova, with her dark hair and plaintive eyes and sometimes obnoxious laugh, has become a new emblem — an emblem not of suffering, but of anger with the place that Russia has become, a parallel world cordoned off from Europe and the United States that lacks drinkable tap water and a genuinely independent judiciary, and is led by a criminal regime driven by the puniest of ambitions: theft. From Russia, With Self-Loathing
The dove is an emblem of peace.
The sainfoin became an emblem of those traditional flower-rich hay meadows which once covered much of this landscape. Country diary: Wenlock Edge
The image seems emblematic of shadows both personal and cultural. The Times Literary Supplement
The collective claims VicForests is illegally cutting down old trees in the area and threatening the habitat of the endangered Leadbeater's possum, which is one of Victoria's emblems. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
Opposition groups and Iranians of all walks of life tend to disagree whether the tricolor flag should contain or not the shir-o-khorshid (lion and sun) emblem. How Iranians can unite against the Islamic Republic
At different moments in Jez Butterworth's play Jerusalem, the noted Shakespearean Mark Rylance sports a pickelhaube the spiked emblem of Great War-era German militarism, a knit cap with satanic-looking triangular points, and a searing cross burned into his back by vengeful hooligans. Eamon Murphy: Theater Review: Jerusalem
It seems so worried about maintaining a breakneck blockbuster pace, in fact, that it skips out on drawing any kind of emblematic story or character-building in favor of VFX-filled action sequences that effectively amount to nothing. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” worst of the comic book series so far » Scene-Stealers
Both had problems with flags and emblems. A Channel of Peace
A short time later Ripley was seen to get into his pick-up truck bearing a distinctive Native American Indian emblem and used for transporting broken-down coaches.
Punches and coggles were used to apply bands of decoration such as circles, stars, floral emblems, and other motifs.
Its name comes from a word meaning dovelike, because of its wing-shaped flower, and thus it becomes a botanical emblem of the Holy Ghost. A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art
She has become an emblem of ourselves: what we would like to be, how we would like to be seen. Times, Sunday Times
Her yonic emblem appeared not only as the French fleu-de-lis but also as the Irish shamrock, which was not originally Irish but a sacred symbol among Indus Valley people some 6000 years before the Christian era. Lily
Gumsuckers tried to turn Eucalyptus into a patriotic emblem.
Images of Brando in character now are emblems for the era he dominated: Stanley Kowalski with his ripped t-shirt and pent-up rage; Terry Malloy, making a defiant stand against the mob on the waterfront; Johnny the Biker in "The Wild One," sneering at all authority.
Two African leopards adorn the national emblem, a five-pointed white star on a light blue shield with a gold border.
A circular wall surrounding the terraced parking area may feature the municipal emblems of Baffin communities.
It is emblematic of the difficulties facing those who attempt definitions in the current age of resistance to overarching defining characteristics.
She was a powerful media figure and somehow emblematic of showing you care. The Sun
Mr Shackleton remembered his attacker was wearing a navy blue crew-neck sweater with a badge emblem and red writing on it.
Suddenly, the camera swings around or zooms out from the view of a temple, or a palace, or some tumble-down shack, to reveal the airport, superhighway, or other emblem of modernity next door.
The stranger was adorning a special emblem on each breast and shoulder.
Emblematical of the season are gold and silver, prayer-book markers, and rosaries with beads of precious metals or garnets.
The emblem of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games is an inukshuk, which is a statute built by layering stones on top of one another. KSL / U.S. / National
The rainforest has become an emblem of human despair. Times, Sunday Times
The Americans tend toward a flat, emblematic depiction of commercial imagery, whereas the British often favor an episodic approach to narrative that betrays a fondness for the facture of Abstract Expressionism.
The rose is the emblem of England and in heraldry is used as the mark of cadency for a seventh son.
As the day advanced, emblems of mourning drooped from the highest windows to the sidewalk. Memorial Sermons
Just like the flag, the tarboosh was a national emblem.
You emphasize that, as a man alienated by modern life, Kaczynski is "average," "emblematic" of his time, and "a bellwether" of where things are headed, rather than a bizarre and isolated case. The Disease of the Modern Era
Among comments there: The pickle is quintessentially 'Heinz' and is emblematic of your history. Heinz ketchup spruces up label with a tomato
Jeffries was constructing a little drama in which I was the emblematic white critic.
The following vignette moment from the second game of the fourth set was emblematic of vast stretches of the match.
D. Hayworth, taking on John McCain in Arizona, was spurned for an endorsement, and even Ron Paul, the libertarian congressman who has been the emblem of sentiment against big government for decades, has found himself accused of "going Washington. Has Obama Hit Bottom?
The killing in Pensacola is emblematic of a lot of the violence that is happening around the world.
Mangold's curled figure proves a curiously allusive and vulnerable emblem as it unfurls across one, two or three panels, nearing but never quite touching the edges of the support.
-- I sadly fear these stout old Greeks, having power for the nonce, would, throwing philosophy to the dogs in a moment of paroxysmal indignation, despite physiognomies trained to resemble their own, have these fellows casked up in tubs without lanterns, but with the appropriate "snuffers," fit emblems of their faiths, and dropped far outside Sandy Hook. Percy Bysshe Shelley as a Philosopher and Reformer
Our symbol of freedom becomes an emblem of our slavery to an insane idea.
Our national emblem should be not the Lion Rampant but the mole.
The geometric shapes and patterns rendered in pencil, ink and watercolor on graph paper are suggestive of spiritual emblems taken from a variety of religions.
I love it -- and the barcode is the only place on the box that the Scout emblem appears at all! OSNews
To this terrible, irrepressible yearning, (surely more or less down underneath in most human souls) this universal democratic comradeshipthis old, eternal, yet ever-new interchange of adhesiveness, so fitly emblematic of AmericaI have given in that book, undisguisedly, declaredly, the openest expression. Preface, 1876, To the Two-Volume Centennial Edition of L. of G. and “Two Rivulets.” Collect
Chief executives agreed with him that 50p is emblematic of an attitude that is hostile to wealth creators. Times, Sunday Times
Soap bubbles and cell membranes are often catenoids, and molecules may knit together to form helicoid surfaces, emblems of stable energy states.
It's blue, master, with a red stripe sinister, and a yellow emblem on the dexter side.
This is the central figural medallion, or emblema, of a geometrically patterned floor, executed in minute tesserae of subtly graduated tones, that depicts a dog seated next to an overturned golden vessel.
Mohammed is noted to have hated onions and garlic, and as he was purported to revamp the calendar to a lunar one, we remark that in the cultus of vegetation, worship was paid to onions and garlic, because of their shape, as emblems of the Sun.
The Confederate flag is also emblematic of the racial discrimination in jury selection within Caddo’s courthouse doors. Anna Arceneaux: Louisiana Supreme Court Sees Problems With the Confederate Flag, but Allows It to Wave for Now
Since the Live Aid movement captured the hearts and wallets of people in the Occidental world, the sallow-faced Ethiopian child has come to emblematize Africa: exotic, needy, and victimized. Rosalia Gitau: T.I.A.: This Is Africa
The emblem presents its moral subject with the motto ‘One ought to rejoice in God,’ and adds the mythological exemplum of Ganymede, the beautiful boy seized by Jupiter and carried to Olympus to serve as his cup-bearer.
Onward they marched, those wearers of the cross, the square, the circle, the crescent, the star, the lozenge, and the tripod; emblemed representatives of the interests of a common humanity in the triumphal march that the world is witness to, of the progress of Universal Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac
I know there is that emotive issue of it being one of our national emblems but hey, the leek is a national emblem of Wales and they don't seem to have any issues about eating it. Archive 2009-03-01
Various Aokan emblems, such as the lion capital found on his pillars, have been adopted for official use by the modern state of India.
These are decorated with the floral emblems of Australia and Greece, the wattle and the olive.
They are the emblem of our country, of its holiness and ancientry, which we wear with pride on this day of each year. At Swim, Two Boys
The crown and the double eagle are very reminiscent of the state emblem of tsarist Russia. Blackwater -- The Home Game (Jack Bog's Blog)
'a lion sejant affronte gules crowned or, '&c. The adoption of the thistle as the national Scottish emblem is wrapt in obscurity, although an early poet attributes it to a suggestion of Venus. line 153. Marmion
Both religious and sporting imagery feature an array of symbols, insignia, emblems and motifs: saints and heroes; churches and stadiums; pilgrims and fans; exaltation and celebration.
Myrtle, for example, is the emblem of love while sweet lavender denotes a loyal heart.
Australian doctors were among the first to shed this emblem of the profession.
Red caps, badges, distinct ties and other emblems confer authority on to officially endorsed senior pupils.
The only visible emblem of Ahura Mazda worshipped by the Parsis is fire, and it would seem that the earthly fire, which is called Ahura Mazda's son, is venerated as the offspring and representative of the heavenly fire or the sun. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)
Tens of millions around the globe see it, with justification, as an emblem of their oppression and misery.
Graham presents a double-criticism of the book format as it relates to emblem studies: it cannot be indexed by the individual reader, and it is extremely cumbersome and slow.
Wherein Christians, who deck their coffins with bays, have found a more elegant emblem; for that it, seeming dead, will restore itself from the root, and its dry and exsuccous leaves resume their verdure again; which, if we mistake not, we have also observed in furze. Hydriotaphia, or Urn-burial
** The trunk of a tree, disbranched, and then set up in the ground, seems to me the origin of the Osirian emblem called History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12)
The tombstones are those of prominent men and their families and have family emblems on them.
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott's team insisted yesterday it would not recognise the White Rose as a national emblem.
The latter is further symbolized in the awakening lion and the eagle that holds the emblem of the city in its feet.
Quite frankly I am always amused at the way some people use any emblems of the South during those years as their style to advance a one sided out dated very predigest agenda. Virginia governor declares April as Confederate History Month
This statement emblematizes the discursive structure of Jazz: If we are mindful of its narrative design, it can take us not only where we want to go today, but where we might need to go tomorrow - in the future, as we read and reread.
The little inn at Lorette was then kept by a worthy host bearing the above-mentioned name, which was dingily lettered out upon a swinging sign, dingily representing a trotting horse, -- emblem as dear to the slow Canadian as to the fast American mind. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861
Then, as First Lady, she used her sophisticated taste to refurnish the White House as an emblem of the nation's important status and held court with her husband at state dinners and receptions.
The maple leaf is Canada's national emblem.
That is really emblematic of what the country has been through.
Focusing on the emblematic moments of the participants 'lives, the story unfolds through the perspectives of four competing voices-from the troubled and mercurial figure of Meriwether Lewis, the expedition leader who found that it was impossible to enter paradise without having it crumble around him, to Sacagawea, the Shoshone girl - captive and interpreter for the expedition, whose short life mirrored the disruptive times in which she lived. I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company by Brian Hall: Book summary
The Big Board has become the most visible emblem of Wall Street's global role.
Grown-up in his own fisherman's kingdom, his cruelty brands him an emblematic villain.
What is this little plant and where has it come from - our national emblem throughout the world?
He distinguishes three phases, designating them after the programmatic conceit which serves in each case to emblematize the unity of purpose conjoining the individuals depicted.
Can you imagine the population of any other country on earth not knowing which way is the correct way to hoist their national emblem? The Sun
The emblements raised by labor, whether severed or not from the land of the deceased at the time of his death, are assets in the hands of the executor or administrator and shall be included in the inventory required by section 2115.02 of the Revised Code.
It is built of Portland stone, and is adorned with a beautiful portico in the centre, consisting of four Doric columns supporting an enriched entablature, decorated with a group of figures in alto-relievo, representing Hibernia and Britannia presenting emblems of peace and liberty. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met
This is done to create an awe and respect towards him in the eye of the vulgar; but lest it should elevate him too much in his own opinion, in order to his humiliation he receives every evening in private, from a kind of beadle, a gentle kick on his posteriors; besides which he wears a ring in his nose, somewhat resembling that we ring our pigs with, and a chain round his neck not unlike that worn by our aldermen; both which I suppose to be emblematical, but heard not the reasons of either assigned. The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great
Besides allusions in the inscriptions to the various ecclesiastical ranks of bishop, priest, deacon, lector, and excavator (fossor), there are references to physicians, bakers, smiths, and joiners, often with emblems of the respective instruments. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
HAYES: The White House tells CNN the O-shaped American Recovery and Reinvestment Act emblem speaks to investments in green energy, infrastructure, and health care. CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2009
Scrie pe google AUTO ZEITUNG GERMANY, intra pe linkul TESTS si da click pe emblema SKODA … sunt mai multe pagini de teste acolo in care diferite modele de SKODE sunt comparate cu alte marci, chiar si cu Volkswagen … Auto and Automotive Classified Listings Online - Sell and Buy Cars and Trucks
They are fine gold- and silversmiths and produce delicate works of filigree jewelry and religious emblems.
The group is hardly emblematic of the genre (which has expanded to include guyliner and skinny jeans) but still commands legions of uberdedicated fans.
Personal relationships fractured by colorism are emblematic of the distorted relations that prevail in societies governed by racialized ideologies.
Vaenius relates how the archduchess Isabella suggested his earlier love emblems Amorum Emblemata, 1608 might be reworked 'in a spiritual and divine sense.' Amoris divini emblemata
During the disputes between the two countries, Dr. Franklin invented a little emblematical design, intended to represent the supposed state of Great Britain and her colonies.
On first encounter, this emblem seems to be in poor taste, even slightly offensive; one that familiarity tends to politely ignore.
The earliest symbols for the Trinity were abstract: the equilateral triangle, sometimes embellished with rays; an eye enclosed within a triangle, referring to the all-seeing eye of God watching from the Trinity; the triangle enclosing a circle, suggesting the eternity of the Trinity; three interlocking circles to imply equality, unity, and eternity in the persons of the Trinity; or three equal intertwining arches, the triquetra, an early Christian emblem for the Trinity. A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art
Vincent Yu/Associated Press Leung Chun-ying, convenor of Hong Kong's Executive Council, waved to people in front of a Hong Kong emblem on Monday after formally stepping down from his position to prepare for his candidacy in the chief executive election in Hong Kong. Asia in Pictures
I see them sculptured and painted with shapes of Gods and Kings, with blazonings of royal names, with sacrificial altars, and forms of sacred beasts, and emblems of wisdom and truth. A Thousand Miles Up the Nile
Then he went on impetuously, telling me I was a real bluebird of happiness, a bringer of joy; that the ancients called the bluebird the emblem of happiness, but he knew the blue of my eyes was the real joy sign -- or something like that he said. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People'
No one beholding the proud bearing of the new monarch would have supposed that his family emblem, the lowly broom-plant (_Planta genista_), from which came the name Plantagenet, had been adopted by an ancestor of Richard's in token of humility. With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds
Some Chasseur Officers used the pre-war hunting horn emblem which lacked the RF of the wartime version above.
The national emblem of England is a rose.
Upon payment of the required amount of stamp duty, the blank paper was embossed with a red stamp, ornately engraved with the rose and thistle emblem of Queen Anne.
In the same way that Souleymane is an emblem of the system's failure, the student who is called a skank haunts M. The Class
Its floral emblem is the pink lady's slipper, pictured, a variety of orchid. Times, Sunday Times
Picasso's iconic paintings of Walter reign supreme as the emblems of love, sex and desire in twentieth century art," enthuses Sotheby's catalog, about the bright, happy, colorful images. Making a Big Impression
In the tenth century," according to Dufour (_Histoire de la Prostitution_, vol. VI., p. 11), "shoes _a la poulaine_, with a claw or beak, pursued for more than four centuries by the anathemas of popes and the invectives of preachers, were always regarded by mediæval casuists as the most abominable emblems of immodesty. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy
On the Capitol flagpole, the Lone Star flies below the American flag, emblem of the few brief years when slaveholding Texas was its own republic.
A masterpiece of the medium, it was also an emblem of its era, its emotional intensity pitted against classicizing clarity.
The famous Capital Beltway, the very emblem of atypicality, lies about 50 feet from the terrible new parking garage.
The reference to nakedness is sometimes taken to refer to bodiless souls but here it would seem to function in an emblematic way best explained in a social context.
Lawyers today are rarely that idolatrous, but most of them salute the customary emblems of American civil religion.
These were followed by crowds of both sexes and all ages, bearing in their hands the mystic triform flower, emblematic of the sacred circle, The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok
In Chinese folklore the bat is an emblem of good fortune.
But the emblem of Indian glamour is in the throes of a comeback, and these women had come to the DLF Emporio mall to attend "sari school. Reinvention of the sari brings a comeback on catwalks, at cocktail parties
One thus finds in Stubbs's portrait of the Pocklington family that the foundational relationship of husband and wife is triangulated and emblematized by the horse, to whom Mrs. Pocklington gives her hand and affections, and beside which the captain stands, legs mimetically poised like the animal's own. 'Sweet Influences': Human/Animal Difference and Social Cohesion in Wordsworth and Coleridge, 1794-1806
This versatility is emblematic of the unique scalability of our air-ground task forces.
As a printmaker and book illustrator, his clear and imaginative compositions contributed to the popularity of emblem books.
Saravanan, whose life is similarly emblematic of the new, more meritocratic India, yet far less cheerful.
Language was used as an emblem of a bond that brought together otherwise disunited cultural factions.
I said to her, "You are a palmist, not a facialist," and she said,"And an emblem-detector. Healing Arts
The series, about a secret government facility in South Dakota where all mysterious relics and supernatural souvenirs are housed, is emblematic of the channel’s programming direction. April Fool's Comes Early: SyFy anyone?
Shakespeare, even though it should appear trite; which illustrates the emblematical meaning often conveyed in these floral tributes; and at the same time possesses that magic of language and appositeness of imagery for which he stands pre-eminent. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon
This poem takes the conceit of a shared video library membership card as emblematic of relationship cohesion and breakdown in a gesture that is almost joking.
On returning to my domacile I discovered that, although the sun had set and the hour of twilight had arived, the Emblem of my Country still floated in the breese. Bab: A Sub-Deb
The house was in the style that is now called Queen Anne, of red brick quoined with stone, with large-framed heavy sash windows and double doors to each of the principal rooms, some of which were tapestried with Gobelin arras representing the four elements -- Juno, with all the elements of the air; Ceres presiding over the harvest, for the earth; Vulcan with the emblems of fire; and Amphitrite drawn by Tritons personifying water. John Keble's Parishes
In Chinese folklore the bat is an emblem of good fortune.
The decision to situate an emblem of Florentine republican government in their palace could be understood as a sign that the Medici were closely connected to that regime and continued its ideals.
His emblem is a bear. COLLINS DICTIONARY OF SAINTS
In this way, the badger is emblematic of the poet's struggle with self and with his artistic creativity, as well as with the ordered, yet harsh and brutal world of reality.
A milder form of sorrow finds its inexpensive and lasting remembrancer in the coarse and ugly but indestructible 'immortelle' -- which is a wreath or cross or some such emblem, made of rosettes of black linen, with sometimes a yellow rosette at the conjunction of the cross's bars -- kind of sorrowful breast-pin, so to say. Life on the Mississippi, Part 9.
Logoed with an emblematic horseshoe, Aigner is an industry by-word for quality in lifestyle.
The peacock is an emblem of pride; when he struts, and shows his fine feathers, Solomon in all his glory is not arrayed like him. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
But of course it's like those emblems of "luckless" people — it shows the carin betweenbeing on the road and flipping over (and over and over). Sonoma Coast
Elvis was a titan, a heroic everyman, an emblem of America's true greatness.
The Tavern, the best theatre of natures"; in "The Bowl-alley, an emblem of the world where some few justle in to the mistress fortune"; in Paul's Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters
She encounters many especially distressing illustrations of the effects of "pauperization," connecting the decline in California's system of public education and the rise in the California prison system to the bleak ignorance and moral defectiveness exemplified by a tawdry but emblematic incident in Lakewood, California, former site of defense-industry prosperity, and more recently of the "Spur Posse. False Promises
Certainly, the Turkoman nomads have used the gul motif as a tribal emblem, or standard, for centuries.
Three judges in black robes presided from a bench under the red-and-gold emblem of the People's Republic of China.
I spoke to the man who had already been appointed chief in Britain of the evil Death's-Head emblemed S.S., and unearthed the wicked orders given him to enforce among the British civilian population. England Under Hitler
Under the law relating to emblements he is entitled, paying no rent after his tenancy has determined, to enter and gather.
A stratagem I learnt early in my life was to hoard every emblem of success and destroy all evidence of failure.
Certain foods are emblematic of the national identity, including moussaka, baklava, thick coffee, and resinated wine (retsina).
Last month it was revealed that the King protea would in future be worn on the left hand side of the national rugby team's playing jersey though the Springbok emblem could still be used. ANC Daily News Briefing
In addition, the motor vehicle or motor-driven cycle shall be impounded and any emblems, spot lamps, audible sirens, or flashing lights shall be confiscated. Dustbury.com » All other problems having been solved
Alita followed the servant down several corridors until they reached some large oak doors that were embossed with Sir Garth's family emblem.
Thistle as the emblem of Scotland in Ruskin's "Proserpina," pp. 135-139. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare
The stolen items were a Scottish claymore, about 4ft long and kept inside a sheath, and a sword hidden inside a walking stick, with an emblem showing the letter B and a crown.
The custom gradually evolved, so that only a token or emblem of life came to be needed.
At the base of the triangle made by her stomacher, and foregrounded by a white ribbon tied in a bow, hangs an emblem of the Queen's chastity.
In celebration of the electoral victory for the forces that claimed retaining the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi state flag was a matter of "heritage not hate," the state's tourist bureau has launched plans to restore many of the state's quaint customs including an old-time crowd-pleaser, which is now spun thusly: Barry Crimmins : Political Satirist:
The book translates and compiles two older emblem books (a French and an Italian one), showing highly conventional emblems, mostly weapons, armour and various heraldic signs.
Its embroidery featured a wealth of detail, including floral emblems of the Commonwealth countries. Times, Sunday Times
But they also derived some very arcane and bizarre mnemonic devices with emblems or symbols that were meant to represent aspects of the Catholic faith.
‘As soon as they leave, I'm taking off my hat,’ he said, tipping his red baseball cap emblazoned with the corps' emblem, ‘and putting on a yashmak,’ the head scarf sometimes worn by resistance fighters.
The anthemic title track was emblematic of its overall invention, set against an apocalyptic backdrop; ice ages, zombies of death, nuclear errors.
Its golden hilt had a crescent emblem in the middle shaped like the full moon, shining brightly with golden carvings on its contours.
The violence is emblematic of what is happening in our inner cities.
These emblems of today's cult of passive suffering are at the opposite end of the emotional spectrum from traditional patriotic flag-waving.
Designer Michael McDonald dresses the cast in vests with fringe, bell-bottom jeans and headbands, emblematic of a time when it was normal to walk around in costume. The wonderfully unruly 'Hair' is still a blowout 42 years after its Broadway debut
In the crown cavetto of the cornice is an Egyptian winged globe, entwined with serpents, emblematical of time and eternity; and on the faci below is engraved the following line: -- The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 273, September 15, 1827
This also happens to be where Scotland's most emblematic birds are flying: golden eagles, ospreys, sea eagles, whooper swans, grouse etc.
She was, as usual, dressed in her royal 'kaf', emblazoned with the emblem of the Allan Quatermain
Both sculptures seemed emblematic of this enthralling city by the sea. Times, Sunday Times
The garland, or festoon, which is carried through, and sustained, as before stated, by each of the four figures, is composed of every flower indigenous to this part of the land, and introduced emblematically to the time in which they severally bloom. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland
We rename an eatery with a French name as we continue to deny that our national floral emblem its correct vernacular name, "chaconier '', derived from the French" chaconne "a medieval song/dance of France, Spain and Italy where the dancers festooned their costumes with little red flags which moved with their dance movements causing the flags to flutter. TrinidadExpress Today's News
A coat of arms is usually defined as a design on a shield used as an emblem by a family, city, or institution.

How To Use Emblem In A Sentence

Report a problem

Please indicate a type of error

Additional information (optional):