hold a mirror to
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To reflect; to represent and by resemblance provide insight into.
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, mirror.
Example Sentences
- "Or, as Dr. Gregory Stevenson suggests, do the supernatural trials and tribulations of the Winchesters appeal because they merely hold a mirror to the more mundane terrors we all face every day?"
- "Such representations, which hold a mirror to the oppressed person's reality, arise from problem posing and dialogues that allow the meek to grasp the dimensions of their oppression."
- "If these children have been their parents' gifts and teachers, then these stories shared by struggling but resilient parents is a gift to all of us. They hold a mirror to our own perceptions and to the influence—good and bad—that we can have on those we are trying to help."
- "Bradley points towards this modern renaissance in history because he sees that history does not hold a mirror to the past, but embraces it through the critical understanding of the historian."
- "They must be natural as theatre is meant to hold a mirror to reality and represent it."
- "To speak "truth to power" should not be considered negative: to hold a mirror to society, even a mirror that embodies the biases and anguish of its creator, is not a negative act."