Sentence examples for a universal practice from inspiring English sources

It is by no means a universal practice.

Norway's progress toward making breast-feeding a universal practice for mothers of infants should be an example for the United States (news article, Oct. 21).

Taking yourself to the woodshed is no fun, which is probably why it is not a universal practice in public life.

The Blairs' pen had not yet been implanted, and I was still struggling with the decision of whether to forgo what is virtually a universal practice in the cattle industry in the United States.

While it is unlikely to become a universal practice, co-ordinators of demonstrations can no longer reasonably ask protesters to refrain from wearing hard hats, or from taking the large book-shaped shields popular with Italian demonstrators, if policing remains as it is.

The technique was introduced into the American automobile industry in 1916 by manufacturers of medium-priced cars to help meet the competition of the low-priced Model T. It became a universal practice in nearly all countries in the purchase of motor vehicles, and it accustomed people to buying other durable consumer goods in the same way.

Marking up prices only to mark them back down as a promotion is a fairly universal practice, according to Robin Lewis, co-author of The New Rules of Retail and CEO of retail industry newsletter The Robin Report.

Anointment, ritual application of oil or fat to the head or body of a person or to an object; an almost universal practice in the history of religions, although both the cultic practice followed and the sacred substance employed vary from one religion to another.

Non-specialized ground IFT teams failed to consistently monitor ventilation, and blood gas monitoring was a not universal practice for either team.

Before she opened her mouth, we were all getting off on feeling superior by thinking how much above her (smarter, prettier, cooler, suaver) we were (not the healthiest way to feel better about oneself, but nevertheless a nearly universal practice).

His laser-like focus on meditation, and his skill in presenting a systematic, universal practice that was suitable for both secular self-improvement and spiritual enlightenment, were ideally suited for the rational, pragmatic West.