Sentence examples for a passing idea from inspiring English sources

People queue up to attack a passing idea, the punier and more trivial the better: hamburgers, milkshakes, great coffee — all of them fast food for thought.

Her face darkens with a slight tightening around the eyes and mouth; she registers a passing idea with a contraction of her brows or a drooping of her lids.

Instead of dismissing it as a passing idea, Duke as a whole is meeting the paradigm shift head-on.

If someone like me, who should know better, is capable of even momentarily discounting a person's argument based on a passing idea about her mental health, then I should not expect people who are less familiar with mental illness to behave any differently.

Alessandra Lariu, digital group creative director of McCann Erickson New York, part of the Interpublic Group of Companies, described the campaign as "a pass-along idea that's not really fresh".

Second, he's the main figure for passing ideas and suggestions on China policy".

While many people have passing ideas for new household products, few make the effort to realize them.

He lifted his arm to cover his eyes with shade, looking like he wanted to wave the day off as a bad idea, a passing mistake.

The proposal that Sedna had been kicked toward the inner solar system by the gravitation of a passing star is an idea that could account for its orbit.

Unfortunately, he made only a passing reference to the idea of giving more assistance to cash-strapped state and local governments, and extending unemployment insurance.

The Dolphins, who lack a passing game and whose idea of an aggressive play is watching a Joe Montana highlight tape, went on a 13-play, 74-yard drive lasting 7 minutes 31 seconds to take a 10-7 learlyarly in the third quarter.