Sentence examples for As I order from inspiring English sources

As I order a spritz myself (two-thirds prosecco to one-third Campari, soda water, ice, a slice of orange, invigoratingly bittersweet-sour), it occurs to me that a few years ago this scene would have felt uniquely Italian.

Just thinking it as I order more blankets on Amazon.

Re "It's My Party and You'll Pay for It" (Preludes, Nov. 19), in which Abby Ellin discussed the etiquette of dividing the bill at group celebrations in restaurants: As an ethical vegetarian, I often found myself sharing the higher cost of my friends' filet mignon or veal stroganoff, until I found a simple solution: I now ask for separate checks as soon as I order my meal.

Adopting a similar strategy, Jary 2007 aims to explain how utterances of such sentences as "I order you to clean the kitchen," can succeed in being orders.

The Stoics, by contrast, claim that so long as I order (and express) my preferences in accordance with my nature and universal nature, I will be virtuous and happy, even if I do not actually get the things I prefer.

And as I shamble out of the room and into the world, I will push the memory of what I saw from my mind and burp forcefully as I order a Big Mac and large diet Sprite at the local eatery and petulantly pay with change and an expired coupon from last Halloween.

The first problem presented itself as I ordered.

I winced as I ordered urinary metanephrines to test the adrenaline-producing capacity of the adrenal.

As I ordered a coffee, the black man told a joke about a witch with one breast.

Noting the accent as I ordered the last of the 1,000 or so burgers sold there daily, the manager came up with a name for my order: "Yo King Arthur".

Even knowing that Birdsall House, a new beer bar in Peekskill, sources its delicious pork locally from nearby Hemlock Hill Farm, I still felt some trepidation as I ordered the unusual dessert.