How to Use symbolize in a Sentence

symbolize

verb

• She came to symbolize the women's movement in America.
• Anemone is said to symbolize hope for the good days to come.
  — Town & Country, 15 Feb. 2023
• The foods on the Seder plate symbolize parts of the story.
  — Jeffrey Yoskowitz, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2022
• The teams who symbolized the winners and losers of the trade deadline.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
• As the acrobats danced and flipped, the rings were raised into the air to symbolize the rebirth of the Games.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 Aug. 2024
• Many of them donned red clothing to symbolize one of the school colors.
  — Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2022
• The arrival of this rookie class symbolized more than just a changing of the guard.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 18 Apr. 2024
• The bobby pins could symbolize O’Neill’s role in 2023: to serve in an unfussy way.
  — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2024
• In turn, over the years, the sound has also come to symbolize the shift in my skin from oily-in-the-t-zone to completely parched.
  — Dianna Mazzone, Allure, 29 Nov. 2023
• The sun rising over Lake Michigan is meant to symbolize a new day.
  — Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
• This striped sweater seemed to symbolize all of those joyful teenage years of me shopping at Gap.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2022
• Flipping the piece over reveals the Olympic flame which symbolizes peace, friendship, and hope.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 July 2023
• To symbolize reëntry into the world at the end of the seven days of shiva, the grieving party will take a walk around the block.
  — Matthew Schnipper, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2023
• In the years since, leaders from around the world have followed her lead and planted trees of their own, meant to symbolize world peace.
  — Janaya Wecker, Town & Country, 15 Nov. 2022
• By this point, Barbie dolls had come to symbolize the height of beauty and fashion.
  — Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
• The fluffy treat vanishing from the bread symbolizes the way Jesus vanished from the tomb.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
• The name comes from the Latin granatum, thought to symbolize pomegranate.
  — Vogue, 10 May 2022
• The name comes from the Latin granatum, thought to symbolize pomegranate.
  — Aemilia Madden, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024
• Last Friday’s event symbolized a light at the end of a tunnel and a dream realized.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Dec. 2023
• Robbed of their very identities, such men came to symbolize the worst of a new, mechanized form of war.
  — Lindsey Fitzharris, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2022
• Dye eggs Eggs, which symbolize new life, are a notable part of Easter.
  — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
• English oak, which is meant to symbolize the strength of love, was also included, the palace said.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2022
• The poster quickly came to symbolize not just the Woodstock festival but the ideals of a youth movement then at its height.
  — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 2 July 2022
• Leo: July 23 – August 22 Leo is a fire sign and is symbolized by the lion.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
• The day has come to symbolize freedom and equality for all.
  — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 13 June 2024
• And in the scenes set in the hedge-fund palaces of Florida, masks symbolize the upstairs-downstairs divide.
  — Vulture, 10 Sep. 2023
• At her feet are an array of hats, meant to symbolize women who ran for public office in the 1920s.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 4 Apr. 2022
• Could this symbolize her ascent from a pawn in this game of thrones to a serious player?
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 18 Sep. 2022
• Her latest project, not in a dollhouse anymore (released on September 20), symbolizes her last four years, which began with a major breakup during peak pandemic in the middle of her gap year.
  — Margaret Farrell, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2024
• The $30-billion train line has come to symbolize the presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, an ambitious, often divisive leader obsessed with cementing his legacy.
  — Karim Doumar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024