How to Use symbology in a Sentence

symbology

noun

• Trump’s campaign has had to disavow Nazi symbology in the past.
  — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2021
• Like the Riddler, Reeves uses this symbology to warn us about the future.
  — Vulture, 18 Apr. 2022
• That gives us the platform to be able to communicate these ideas through symbology and talk in metaphors and analogies, cover all these archetypes and human themes.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
• Perhaps Macron sees the gesture as a way to soften Trump up by playing to his love of military symbology.
  — Heather Hurlburt, Daily Intelligencer, 24 Apr. 2018
• And the fastest way to create that kind of social proof, besides the actual evidence of people being out and about, is symbology.
  — Micah L. Sifry, The New Republic, 13 July 2023
• The Equiano exhibit brings to life his Igbo village life and customs, from symbology to recipes to folklore.
  — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 18 Feb. 2022
• Its advanced barcode scanning can read any barcode symbology in any orientation placed anywhere on the front of cartons or pallets.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Oct. 2024
• The snakes may have some personal significance, molting and rebirth and all that; the symbology may also, more than anything, just suggest being a dude.
  — New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021
• The Aryan Brotherhood is a prison gang formed in the 1960s that is nearly all-white and uses racist symbology, like swastikas.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 3 July 2019
• And the history of their relationship with giants—and the symbology underlying each—is quite complex.
  — Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, 3 July 2018
• These pieces are subtle and empowering works of art incorporating trans symbology.
  — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2017
• Spiny holly leaves are richly represented in Christian symbology too.
  — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
• The show has shown restraint in beating us over the head with symbology this season, but the subtleties have been there all along; Carrie is, essentially, Brody.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2020
• Some of the most intriguing perspectives on the body are coming from women working beyond the cisgender symbology of womanhood.
  — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2019
• In addition to the timeline and symbology being off, the characterization is patchy.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 5 July 2019
• While strolling the exhibits, García explains the roots of one of the largest megalopolises on earth and how its evolution lends to the symbology and tradition of the festival.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2023
• Her movement bore no convincing similarity to fascist symbology or the gesture Musk made.
  — John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
• But this is difficult to exercise in empty offices where the symbology exhibited by power has decreased in employees’ lives.
  — Anna Zanardi Cappon, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
• Practitioners believe that learning the symbology of numbers and recognizing patterns can enrich our lives.
  — Erika W. Smith, refinery29.com, 2 Jan. 2020
• The prequel bristles with enough secret society symbology, Roman Catholic pageantry and full-contact puzzle-solving to distract from the flaws.
  — Hugh Hart, WIRED, 11 June 2009
• If Thanos is destruction in our emerging global symbology, Pepe the Frog’s visual meaning is something like sad resistance.
  — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2019
• Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor of art history and religious symbology, is called in to help investigate.
  — ConcepciÓn De LeÓn, The Seattle Times, 26 July 2017
• The Gettysburg gambit is just his latest attempt to appropriate American history and symbology and pervert it to suit his ends.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2020
• Right-wing extremist movements, however, which have historically been invested in flag culture and symbology, have in recent years taken to using the upside-down flag in a more consistent fashion.
  — Emma Bowman, NPR, 3 June 2024
• In some ways, that question is secondary to the fact that Lot 49 grapples with the nature of symbology itself, and the way that symbols work in literature, which contributed to the novella as good syllabus fodder.
  — Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
• The sale includes commemorative jewelry, urns, ornaments and more featuring Irish and Celtic symbology.
  — Leada Gore, AL.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Adopted more than 30 years after the end of the Civil War, the banner has continued to fly despite years of criticism over its symbology, including previous attempts to change it.
  — Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 27 June 2020
• The films, in which Hanks portrays Robert Langdon, a professor of art history and symbology, were panned by critics — earning Hanks some of the worst reviews of his career.
  — Justine Browning, EW.com, 13 June 2022
• Randy, with his infectious grin, twinkling eyes, warm handshake, and rote recitation of Japanese garden symbology, was not condemned for a string of killings but rather for leading a death squad one summer night in 1987.
  — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 12 Mar. 2024
• In numerology, every number has a spiritual significance, and practitioners believe that recognising the symbology and patterns of numbers can enrich their lives.
  — Erika W. Smith, refinery29.com, 29 Feb. 2020