signifying

It’s easy to see the youth as signifying the artist, and the replacement for an art-historical horse likewise standing in for a mule.

It sent a shot across the bow to the rest of the baseball world, signifying that for all the Dodgers’ shortcomings of late, they might finally be clicking into top gear.

Leon punctuated his order with, by my count, 27 exclamation marks, signifying his intense impatience with the quality of the government’s arguments in his courtroom.

And thus, the new pope was signifying his desire to build upon Francis’ legacy.

Nobody outside the confines of the Vatican will know the outcome until the plume of white smoke will curl from its chimney, signifying that the Roman Catholic Church has a new leader.