To this end he used a metaphor drawn from mathematics, the variable, to create "devices by which we can characterize the objects of empirical social investigation".

It is a metaphor drawn from the so-called arms race between the West and the Soviet Union, after the second world war.

Other countries also use metaphors drawn from their local game in discussing politics.

He apparently has gone separate from the Gang, but carries a cigarette pack with playing card markings and speaks in metaphors drawn from card games.

It is of special interest because of its use of a metaphor drawn from acting, a figure that has led to much attention for what the poem might reveal about Shakespeare's attitude towards his profession.

Emotive and sensual, she draws her inspiration from metaphors and symbols drawn from Hindu myths/rituals blending them with pop culture surrounding her.

It is: Do the metaphors drawn by the movie give the viewer the feeling that this is the way things really felt to the participants of the moment?

Today computer researchers debate what distinguishes worms from viruses, both metaphors drawn from science fiction.

According to Dirk Bax, Bosch's paintings often represent visual translations of verbal metaphors and puns drawn from both biblical and folkloric sources.

As an orator he used of poetry, vivid metaphors and illustrations drawn from a wide range of contemporary literature.