Examples of symbolize in a Sentence
She came to symbolize the women's movement in America.
the flag symbolizes our country
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And now thousands of women are following her lead, with her statue symbolizing all that the Boston Marathon represents.
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
The cover is illustrated by a mango tree, symbolizing her parents’ home country of El Salvador.
—Nicole MacIas Garibay, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
White represents the frozen North, brown evokes the continents and plains of the South, green looks towards the West with its forest and jungles and blue symbolizes the Eastern horizon where the ocean and sky meet.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2026
The columns were to rise 160 feet and symbolize the North and South after the Civil War.
—Arden Farhi, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
The cover is illustrated by a mango tree, symbolizing her parents’ home country of El Salvador.
—Nicole MacIas Garibay, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
White represents the frozen North, brown evokes the continents and plains of the South, green looks towards the West with its forest and jungles and blue symbolizes the Eastern horizon where the ocean and sky meet.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2026
The columns were to rise 160 feet and symbolize the North and South after the Civil War.
—Arden Farhi, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Symbolize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/symbolize. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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symbolize
verb
sym·bol·ize
ˈsim-bə-ˌlīz 
symbolized; symbolizing
: to serve as a symbol of
symbolization
noun
ˌsim-bə-lə-ˈzā-shən
Medical Definition
symbolize
transitive verb
sym·bol·ize
variants
also British symbolise
symbolized also British symbolised; symbolizing also British symbolising
1
: to serve as a symbol of
2
: to represent, express, or identify by a symbol
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