Sentence examples for a some token from inspiring English sources

But he did confirm that Mihir Shah, a friend, had invested a "some token number of thousands of dollars in the very beginning," which is why the investment is listed on Shah's LinkedIn.

If the goodbye letter is to a lover, some token of your affection or of your relationship could also be stirring.

But any humor offered by the Dresden Dolls feels like a weak salve, some token consolation in the face of bitter disappointments.

The authors of the fiendish test, which has so far not been completed by anyone, also said entrants were getting too excited about the rumoured prize; the winner would receive "a signed book and some token GCHQ keepsake – maybe a paperweight".

Juli Weiner: There's just nothing more dishonest than an artist exploring a topic because of some token need to Be Serious.

Lina utters proto-feminist slogans — "I am not a pile of gold to be won and held and used"; "I hate being stuck in this house — like a broody hen or a sow in a sty" — and is given some token witchy empowerment through the ability to cast spells, though not enough to save herself or her daughter from meeting the same dismal fate as their Victorian predecessors.

"Our family members will never be on this earth with us again, and a movie ticket and some token words from people who didn't care enough to reach out to us, nor respond when we reached out to them to talk, is appalling," the letter said.

But to start up a multistate and not end it with at least a consent judgment or even some token resolution is very unusual".

But token physicalism only insists that each token occurrence of each type of mental state is identical to some token occurrence of a physical state type not necessarily an occurrence of a token of the same physical state type on each occasion.

He arrogantly sends word to Sparta, demanding of Leonidas some token form of submission: a tribute of earth and water.

Also, as a noble liar, he had to offer some token of penance for the lie's original sin.