CreativeLang/moh_metaphor huggingface dataset:
Sentence: Their language inclines us to believe them
The word "incline" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The list includes the names of many famous writers
The word "include" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I include you in the list of culprits
The word "include" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We must include this chemical element in the group
The word "include" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: These symptoms indicate a serious illness
The word "indicate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: indicated his wishes in a letter
The word "indicate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Tetracycline is indicated in such cases
The word "indicate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: There was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy.
The word "induct" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We were inducted into the honor society.
The word "induct" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession.
The word "induct" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Your children have infected you with this head cold
The word "infect" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: society was infected by racism
The word "infect" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room
The word "infect" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The charges were inflated
The word "inflate" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The war inflated the economy
The word "inflate" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: inflate the currency
The word "inflate" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: I informed him of his rights
The word "inform" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The principles that inform modern teaching
The word "inform" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She had informed on her own parents for years
The word "inform" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I inherited a castle from my French grandparents
The word "inherit" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair
The word "inherit" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I inherited my good eyesight from my mother
The word "inherit" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We injected the glucose into the patient's vein
The word "inject" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He injected new life into the performance
The word "inject" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: inject hydrogen into the balloon
The word "inject" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We interrupt the program for the following messages
The word "interrupt" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Don't interrupt me when I'm reading
The word "interrupt" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone
The word "interrupt" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She interrupted her pregnancy
The word "interrupt" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?
The word "intervene" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This interludes intervenes between the two movements
The word "intervene" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The war intervened between the birth of her two children.
The word "intervene" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: A new word processor was introduced
The word "introduce" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939
The word "invade" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This new colleague invades my territory
The word "invade" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The cancer had invaded her lungs
The word "invade" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?
The word "invite" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I invited them to a restaurant
The word "invite" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee
The word "invite" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference
The word "invite" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Don't involve me in your family affairs!
The word "involve" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This decision involves many changes
The word "involve" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses
The word "involve" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon
The word "involve" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The situation was rather involved
The word "involve" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor
The word "jam" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the mechanism jammed
The word "jam" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the theater was jampacked
The word "jam" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: He joined the Communist Party as a young man
The word "join" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: join these two parts so that they fit together
The word "join" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She joined him for a drink
The word "join" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The two roads join here
The word "join" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: juggle an account so as to hide a deficit
The word "juggle" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She had to juggle her job and her children
The word "juggle" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: the player juggled the ball
The word "juggle" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building
The word "key" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot
The word "key" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude
The word "key" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The boy kicked the dog.
The word "kick" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The gun kicked back into my shoulder.
The word "kick" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: He kicked the extra point after touchdown.
The word "kick" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He kited many checks
The word "kite" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The businessman kited millions of dollars
The word "kite" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains
The word "kite" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The bird landed on the highest branch
The word "land" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the pilot managed to land the airplane safely
The word "land" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: this may land you in jail
The word "land" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island
The word "land" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He landed several blows on his opponent's head
The word "land" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The ship landed in Pearl Harbor
The word "land" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the enemy landed several of our aircraft
The word "land" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: lay the books on the table
The word "lay" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: lay the foundation for a new health care plan
The word "lay" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: This hen doesn't lay
The word "lay" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: lay a responsibility on someone
The word "lay" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The news were leaked to the paper
The word "leak" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The news leaked out despite his secrecy
The word "leak" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Water leaked out of the can into the backpack
The word "leak" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The container leaked gasoline
The word "leak" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She leaned over the banister
The word "lean" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He leaned his rifle against the wall
The word "lean" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We can lean on this man
The word "lean" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company
The word "lend" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I will lend you my car
The word "lend" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This story would lend itself well to serialization on television
The word "lend" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: level criticism or charges at somebody
The word "level" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The building was levelled
The word "level" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I have to level with you
The word "level" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The ground levelled off
The word "level" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She lied when she told me she was only 29.
The word "lie" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West.
The word "lie" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Lie down on the bed until you feel better.
The word "lie" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the conversation lightened me up a bit
The word "lighten" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: she lightened the load on the tired donkey
The word "lighten" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit
The word "lighten" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The room lightened up
The word "lighten" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She likes to read Russian novels
The word "like" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: How did you like the President's speech last night?
The word "like" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I'd like a beer now!
The word "like" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: trees line the riverbank
The word "line" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: sorrow had lined his face
The word "line" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: lined books are more enduring
The word "line" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: People lived in Africa millions of years ago
The word "live" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: we had to live frugally after the war
The word "live" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live
The word "live" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: load the truck with hay
The word "load" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He loaded his gun carefully
The word "load" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: load the bags onto the trucks
The word "load" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?
The word "locate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space.
The word "locate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles.
The word "locate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Lock the bike to the fence!
The word "lock" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise.
The word "lock" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He locked his hands around her neck.
The word "lock" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: They were locked in embrace.
The word "lock" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: He was locked in a laughing fit.
The word "lock" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She locked her jewels in the safe.
The word "lock" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She looked over the expanse of land
The word "look" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The child looks unhappy
The word "look" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest
The word "look" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The house looks north
The word "look" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She looked her devotion to me
The word "look" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: You don't look your age!
The word "look" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The bicycle looped around the tree.
The word "loop" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The stunt pilot looped his plane.
The word "loop" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: He looped the watch through his belt.
The word "loop" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: map the surface of Venus
The word "map" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist
The word "map" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: sorrow was mapped on the mother's face
The word "map" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria
The word "march" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He marched into the classroom and announced the exam
The word "march" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: They marched the mules into the desert
The word "march" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The company matched the employees' contributions.
The word "match" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: This job doesn't match my dreams.
The word "match" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Let them match their best athletes against ours.
The word "match" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The two pieces match.
The word "match" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: You never understand what I mean!
The word "mean" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers.
The word "mean" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: These flowers were meant for you.
The word "mean" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Age and experience mellowed him over the years
The word "mellow" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: With age, he mellowed
The word "mellow" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: These apples need to mellow a bit more
The word "mellow" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The wax melted in the sun
The word "melt" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The sun melted the ice
The word "melt" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene
The word "melt" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: her resistance melted under his charm
The word "melt" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: I missed that remark
The word "miss" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He misses his mother
The word "miss" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I missed the concert
The word "miss" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: How could I miss that typo?
The word "miss" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She missed her train
The word "miss" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The arrow missed the target
The word "miss" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The child had been missing for a week
The word "miss" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Fortunately, I missed the hurricane
The word "miss" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: John moderated the discussion
The word "moderate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: moderate your alcohol intake
The word "moderate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears
The word "moderate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The furniture molded in the old house
The word "mold" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She molded the rice balls carefully
The word "mold" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The dress molds her beautiful figure
The word "mold" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: They mounted the aerator on a floating
The word "mount" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: mount slides for macroscopic analysis
The word "mount" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: mount a campaign against pornography
The word "mount" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: mount a theater production
The word "mount" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She nags her husband all day long
The word "nag" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: nagging concerns and doubts
The word "nag" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: she nagged to take a vacation
The word "nag" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: They named their son David
The word "name" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Many senators were named in connection with the scandal
The word "name" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She was named Head of the Committee
The word "name" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: name your accomplices!
The word "name" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
The word "name" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: negociate securities
The word "negociate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The hiker negociated the high mountain pass
The word "negociate" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The parties negociated all night
The word "negociate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The treaty neutralized the small republic
The word "neutralize" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Her optimism neutralizes his gloom
The word "neutralize" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She neutralized the solution
The word "neutralize" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He nodded his approval
The word "nod" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer
The word "nod" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The old man was nodding in his chair
The word "nod" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the flowers were nodding in the breeze
The word "nod" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The old man sat nodding by the fireplace
The word "nod" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She noted that someone was following her
The word "note" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Take note of this chemical reaction
The word "note" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: she noted everything the teacher said that morning
The word "note" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: offset deposits and withdrawals
The word "offset" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: His skills offset his opponent's superior strength
The word "offset" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: offset the conference proceedings
The word "offset" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We oppose the ban on abortion
The word "oppose" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The senator said he would oppose the bill
The word "oppose" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The board opposed his motion
The word "oppose" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews.
The word "ordain" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He was ordained in the Church.
The word "ordain" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The minister was ordained only last month.
The word "ordain" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We had to orient ourselves in the forest
The word "orient" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen
The word "orient" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: a magazine oriented towards young people
The word "orient" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: he painted all day in the garden
The word "paint" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: We painted the rooms yellow
The word "paint" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He painted his mistress many times
The word "paint" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart
The word "palpitate" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: His nostrils palpitated
The word "palpitate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: His heart palpitated
The word "palpitate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: paste the sign on the wall
The word "paste" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He pasted his opponent
The word "paste" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: paste the wall with burlap
The word "paste" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He peeped at the woman through the window.
The word "peep" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He peeped his head through the window.
The word "peep" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The new moon peeped through the tree tops.
The word "peep" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The bullet penetrated her chest.
The word "penetrate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest.
The word "penetrate" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
The word "perturb" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion
The word "perturb" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet
The word "perturb" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt
The word "perturb" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings
The word "piece" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: He pieced at the sandwich all morning
The word "piece" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: She pieced the china cup
The word "piece" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The cold pierced her bones.
The word "pierce" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The scream pierced the night.
The word "pierce" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: The needle pierced her flesh.
The word "pierce" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The child was pinned under the fallen tree
The word "pin" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: pin the needle to the shirt
The word "pin" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: pin down the butterfly
The word "pin" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The bugs pinged the lamp shade
The word "ping" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline
The word "ping" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the bullet pinged when they struck the car
The word "ping" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing
The word "ping" is used here in a metaphorical sense.
Sentence: ping your machine in the office
The word "ping" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters
The word "plaster" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She plastered warnings all over the wall
The word "plaster" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: plaster the broken arm
The word "plaster" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I pleaded with him to stop.
The word "plead" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She was pleading insanity.
The word "plead" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She pleaded not guilty.
The word "plead" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: These colors please the senses
The word "please" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: he could do many things if he pleased
The word "please" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: The waiters around her aim to please
The word "please" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I pledge that I will honor my wife
The word "pledge" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station
The word "pledge" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: I was pledged to silence
The word "pledge" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: the stock market plunged
The word "plunge" is used here in a literal sense.
Sentence: She plunged at it eagerly
The word "plunge" is used here in a literal sense.