Sentence examples for a character mentions from inspiring English sources

For instance, at one point in the book I think a character mentions three bands in a sentence: Souled American, Memorial Garage, and the Rain Injuries.

At one point, a character mentions that China has entered the houzheteng shidai or, as Quarterly editor Geremie Barmé renders it, "The Age of Complacency".

But then something more whimsical will pop up, as when a character mentions that Cousin Japeth "went off to fight in the Mouse Wars".

"This is not 'Star Wars.' " For instance, Bag Borrow or Steal became involved with the film, Mr. Melfi said, because a character mentions the company in a scene in the script, which was written by Michael Patrick King.

I don't want to slate any recent ones, but I was watching [1956's] Forbidden Planet and at one point a character mentions getting hold of a quantum mechanic, and someone brings a spanner : when you're on the quantum level, a spanner really doesn't come into it.

"[When] a character mentions Oswald Mosley or people talk about Hitler, even generations younger than mine have at least an inkling of what someone's talking about.

During an out-of-town run in the Berkshires, an audience member whooped when a character mentioned the Redskins.

The show hits the right notes in the game-show vapidity of "Bobby Watson and Family," a variety spectacle (with nice comic work by Nancy Anderson) based on a character mentioned but not seen in "The Bald Soprano".

Mr. Shawn — this one-man "we," who would not accept advertising for cigarettes or, in some instances, genital-contact clothing — was more than prepared to see Trillin's Mother Jumpers go off to another magazine, as he had been when he was said to have turned down Philip Roth's "Goodbye, Columbus," because a character mentioned a diaphragm.

Fans seem pretty convinced that means he's Darth Plagueis, a character mentioned in Episode III: Revenge of the Sith as, "a Dark Lord of the Sith so powerful and so wise, he could use the force to influence the midichlorians to create life".

Mr. Shawn this one-man "we," who would not accept advertising for cigarettes or, in some instances, genital-contact clothing was more than prepared to see Trillin's Mother Jumpers go off to another magazine, as he had been when he was said to have turned down Philip Roth's "Goodbye, Columbus," because a character mentioned a diaphragm.