11.   In another sense, it is an apt metaphor for the state of the profession at the moment.

12.   It seemed an apt metaphor for the problematic marriage that both the West and Russia have made with Putin.

13.   Now, couches spread and meander through space, an apt metaphor for our newly open-ended lives, leaving no place for couch paintings.

14.   That was an apt metaphor for an investigation long encased in ice.

15.   The bid leaders have been eagerly schmoozing in the lobby of the IOC hotel, giving interviews, always ready with a handshake and an apt metaphor.

16.   The image of a town square teeming with life is perhaps an apt metaphor for the architecture of Puerto Rico itself, in which many traditions intertwine.

17.   The hermit crab is also an apt metaphor for the way kitsch inhabits the shells of old art forms.

18.   Their work focused on three parts of Colombia, apt metaphors for the mess we are making.

19.   There may be no more apt metaphor for the American military presence in Saudi Arabia and at its other outposts in the Persian Gulf.

20.   I was called upon to adjudge the most apt metaphor.