By invoking the metaphor of a semaphore, Burke marks the ability of an operatic performance to signal strongly — even to oversignal — and to do so in a stiff, exaggerated way, as with flags on sticks.

The structure of the model chosen was catenary, and only one nonlinearity was introduced, in that part of the model representing bone growth.

Considered from our own historical vantage-point, the lot of the Filles du Roy certainly seems to have been less than enviable.

The law firm relied heavily on Charlotte as its main rainmaker to bring in new clients.