How to Use metaphysical in a Sentence

metaphysical

adjective
  • And then there were all these side events that may or may not be metaphysical.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
  • For some, these words may just be a bit too much – too metaphysical.
    — Roberta Naas, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • Philosophers tend to think of time in terms of the metaphysical.
    — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 8 May 2020
  • Our music kind of tries to embody that in a sort of metaphysical way.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2020
  • No clue, but props to Stone for finding such a cool metaphysical niche.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
  • And for me, this book was also a gift to me, to be able to bring them back to me in some kind of metaphysical way.
    — Dawn Ennis, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • So, home became metaphysical, not a place, but a state of being.
    — Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
  • But there can’t help but be a metaphysical aspect to the use of sunlight in a story like this one.
    — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 25 June 2021
  • The result is less a puzzle box than a messy metaphysical punk opera, for worse and for better.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The other part of his thinking around the film was a little more metaphysical.
    — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 14 June 2025
  • If horse racing is the sport of kings and baseball is the sport of our youth, then golf is the sport of the metaphysical world.
    — Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Shauna speaks with Jackie all the time, but this was sort of a new metaphysical space for the show.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Looking for even more inspiration on how to dress for the day things get metaphysical?
    — Vogue, 8 Aug. 2019
  • His passion becomes a mere pretext for the movie’s metaphysical twist.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Her aunts assist all kinds of clients with metaphysical problems, from nearby neighbors to huge pop stars.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Along the way, an array of real-life and metaphysical dots emerged for Byrd to connect.
    — Orange County Register, 31 Mar. 2017
  • Sin, separates one from God, and in that metaphysical sense one is exiled.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Oct. 2019
  • But the cost of rescuing Cash from the metaphysical fog has been to turn him into a plaster saint.
    — Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The nature of their bond also lends the movie its metaphysical dimension.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Beckett reminds us of the metaphysical vastness that the stage can contain.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The creators tease that a metaphysical logic will be revealed later on in the series.
    — Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The movie dramatizes metaphysical revenge on a world—or half a world—out of whack, on men who only want a woman’s body.
    — Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2021
  • For the island of Ireland, the problem was close to metaphysical.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2019
  • And, over the past two decades, this concept has taken the metaphysical community by storm.
    — Aliza Kelly, Allure, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Living seems to me a metaphysical mistake on the part of matter, an oversight on the part of inaction.
    — Michael Robbins, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • With age, Sean has begun to warm to his mother’s metaphysical approach to life — and beyond.
    — Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Robyn, these hats aren’t doing the metaphysical concept of hats justice — Karen has nothing to do with it!
    — Jodi Walker, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Through all Thomas’s pages ran a breeze of terror, arising in the metaphysical world; the air was sinister.
    — Joanna Biggs, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The writers add crystals, herbs and moon pendants, all available at the local metaphysical store.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Oct. 2022
  • On his first walk with Chrissy through the metaphysical realm, Satan points out a figure by the side of the road.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Aug. 2022

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