1.   Miracle in the figurative sense, since although we do not know how cells evolved, quite plausible scenarios have been proposed.

2.   All the Chapel Gallery works, both small and large, are in some sense figurative.

3.   But in the figurative sense, they flattened all of them by winning four games in six days in the Eastern Conference semifinals of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

4.   Dee Brown and Pervis Ellison were pressing, in the figurative sense, on Friday.

5.   In a figurative sense, that is.

6.   In a figurative sense, we will all be soldiers in this war.

7.   On Saturday, his team, in the figurative sense, finished doing the same tumble.

8.   The debut of the new word freed cleanse to take on a more figurative sense, while clean remained largely literal.

9.   The new trees in the street, likewise, have their roots buried -- in a figurative sense -- in the history of the area.