How do you use the word figurative in a sentence?

Answer 1

(figurative denotes representing a figure, or something not necessarily tangible)

"Figurative sculpture can be modeled on living things in nature."

"His novel includes metaphorical humor and other figurative language."

Answer 2

A figure can be a symbol, a person, a mathematical calculation, an outline, a design, or a configuration. To figure can mean to do mathematical calculations, to think, to depend on, to include, to plan, or to include.

• The figure of a man could be seen in the distance.
• You can figure out the answer if you try.
• Police drew a chalk figure where the body had been.
• We should figure in at least an hour's delay due to the road construction.
• The estimate was a higher figure than the first one.
• She did not have the proper figure for that type of dress.