You missed... > She was a veritable garden of indecision. > Gadflies and mosquitoes are a veritable plague around the lakes of the lowlands in the hot weather. > At first it was a veritable honeymoon; conversation never flagged and either found in the other his soul's complement. > His one re deeming feature was a love of art; his own cathedral was a veritable Pantheon. > The male, however, is a veritable pigmy beside the female, and during copulation presents the appearance of a parasite attached to her abdomen. > These sub-apostolic epistles are veritable "human documents," with the personal note running through them. All using metaphors. Like I said, the word is never really used in the manner you are attempting to use it.