Napoleon Bonaparte was far more roughly handled than at Leipsic or Waterloo; and a long list of conquerors, ranging back to Alexander the Great, were, figuratively speaking, torn from their graves and hung in chains.
On the way out Betty had a chance to point out, figuratively speaking, both Freddy Fisher and the "Don" of football fame, and she almost ran into Ted Dorrance in the hall.
Then all at once darkness changed to light, figuratively speaking.
We were not to know the officer was, figuratively speaking, laughing in his sleeve at us.
Figuratively speaking, young man, figuratively speaking," said one of the uncles, a stockholder and director.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "figuratively speaking" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
