referent造句

Some philosophers think that the meaning of a name just is its referent.

A lonely mood is akin to a lingering sadness, but with a particular referent; it's sadness about not having someone in your life where caring and deep understanding is mutually felt.

I am inclined to hypothesize that guilt, shame, and badness are emotions which occur as responses instead of the response which, by action or symbolizing, we would otherwise give our felt referent.