Sentence examples for a changed meaning from inspiring English sources

War imposed on his life a changed meaning.

Some regarded it as a formal exercise in logical deduction, with no physical or philosophical significance, which employed ordinary words—such as 'straight' and 'plane' with a covertly changed meaning.

where Δ(x 0,t) is a location where the length of a field lines is changed, meaning that the enhanced region corresponds to one in which there was a dramatic reconnection in the twisted lines.

Gilbert and George love the slipperiness of language, how a changed emphasis can change meaning.

Because it's a phonetic variant – not a sound that changes meaning like "p" or "h" in "pot" and "hot", but a difference around the edges – it can be made to perform a non-linguistic function.

Words have changed meanings throughout history.

Today, as Malala Yousafzai remains critical but stable in hospital following an assassination attempt by the Taliban, I watched the laughing, wise, determined 11-year-old in that video and thought of the Urdu phrase, "kis mitti kay banee ho" – "from what clay were you fashioned?" It's an expression that changes meaning according to context.

Words often change meaning.

Words often change meaning when they change language.

In conversation, we can change meanings, and when we change meaning, we change how we feel.

My sense of God is that He'd take this in His stride and would only get steamed up if a typo changed the meaning of His word by, say, omitting a "not" from "thou shalt not commit adultery".