Sentence examples for almost a term from inspiring English sources

It has become almost a term of abuse.

Nowadays "belletrist" is almost a term of insult.

It is a word that has become almost a term of art.

It's become almost a term of abuse to say that someone's got Asperger's" she adds.

It has precious little these days to do with faring well; rather, "welfare" has become almost a term of abuse.

Academically, too, children at these schools quickly moved ahead of their peers elsewhere, by almost a term.

Navajos are even less likely to describe themselves as "Native American"—a term used almost exclusively by bien pensant whites.

From fascist murders on the streets of Athens to a shrinking middle class in Germany itself, to places like Latvia, where the word doctor has almost become a term of abuse, Merkel's Europe is becoming a colder place.

Bossy has almost become a term of endearment in our family.

In this case, jizya proved to be a ploy, "almost always a term for extortion and a prelude or postscript to ISIS violence against Christians".

For some, this would be almost a full term.