And now comes a literal example of that for New Jerseyans to ponder: the past is smack in the path of a turnpike construction project in Secaucus.

One of the most literal examples of this new synthesis is The Bavarian Don Giovanni (1919).

We seem to be a literal example.

(Mr. Scherr, whose set preceded Ms. Dobson's, provided a literal example: his brother, Peter, was on bass.)

But the dogged efforts of local residents may turn the tower into a literal example of development knocked down to size.

It was the most literal example of overload in the piece, and it reflected the sharp production values of the show.

Or take the most literal and municipal example of these intangible losses.

A more literal example is Mr. Kirstein's revelation that he sometimes recites a Muslim prayer during Mass.

She couldn't help it, but she managed to cut it short; she hadn't expected such a literal example of the explanation she'd created to fit a bystander's limited world.