Sentence examples for an ordinary present from inspiring English sources

He came to view this is as mistake, and in later writings he argued that the difference between the content of a proteraesthesis and an ordinary (present) sensation lies not in the nature of the object of which we are aware, but rather the way in which we are aware of it – there are 'temporal modes of consciousness'.

And so to three novels set in the "ordinary" present.

Cunningham's main characters – Clarissa, Laura, Virginia Woolf – have in common their Woolfian relish for the ordinary present.

But what I most enjoyed are the apparently less ambitious poems rooted (literally, in one case) in the ordinary present.

A young girl, Ri Kuk Hwa: "I felt like in the dream when I, daughter of an ordinary postwoman, presented a bouquet of flowers to Kim Jong Un.

The show's structure is simple: an ordinary American presents an antique to an expert, who explains the history of the item and tells them how much it's worth.

The show's structure is simple: An ordinary American presents an antique to an expert, who explains the history of the item and tells him or her how much it's worth.

By fiddling with their precise shapes, antennae lying on different circles could be coaxed into holding onto their photons for slightly different lengths of time, mimicking an ordinary glass lens.At present the new-fangled lens only works for monochromatic light, so it is unlikely to replace the glass sort in smartphone cameras anytime soon.

An ICU-day was judged as inappropriate, even without mismatch, if an Ordinary patient was present.

In his trial, Zhou should be treated like an ordinary criminal defendant, presented by qualified and independent counsel.

The earlier film, the work of the solid journeyman Joseph Sargent, opens with the intention to present an ordinary day in Manhattan, which turns into a nightmare for a small group of citizens and the city's administration.