Sentence examples for a tack that would from inspiring English sources

The result was to try taking a tack that would break through by being unusual for a food product.

When questions about the senator's release began bubbling up two weeks ago, Mr. Bloomberg -- who delegates authority and, by proxy, accountability, more than any mayor in a generation -- took a tack that would prove unsustainable over even a week of scrutiny.

It has been a long road to fruition for Ni Dhulchaointigh, who left the RCA with a rough idea of wanting to create a "really, really functional version of Blu-Tack that would be permanent and have lots of benefits".

It's a tack that likely would backfire, and the consequences could prove disastrous.

She proposed ministers take a different tack, one that would exempt international students from the country's general migrations target.

Back in October 2014, Nintendo went off on a health tangent when it announced plans to develop a sleep and fatigue tacking app that would help optimize your slumber time.

The president of the Arizona Senate, Biggs, has gone on record saying he opposes marijuana research, and even went so far as to tack onto a bill an amendment that would block any funding of marijuana research.

Next month, the government plans a new tack: introducing a bill that would curb the voting rights of the clans that control chaebols.

To lure the party's right wing into voting for the debt ceiling postponement, Boehner tacked on a section that would defer lawmakers' pay if their chamber doesn't come up with a budget this year.

And the majority leader, Harry Reid, tacked on a provision that would allow undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country as children to win a path to citizenship if they serve in the military or go to college.

The resolution passed the House of Representatives on Friday, but is the subject of controversy because Republicans tacked on a provision that would defund the non-mandatory elements of the Affordable Care Act.