Sentence examples for applied to a thing from inspiring English sources

And here's the classic false-title problem that we want to avoid — this time applied to a thing instead of a person.

Cf. "Nothing is really solid or fluid, absolutely speaking, and everything has a certain degree of solidity or fluidity; which term we apply to a thing derives from the predominant appearance it presents to our senses" (SD 51/AG 1351/AG

It is a fact about the meaning of "cocktail party" and perhaps "homosexual" and "race") that it does not apply to a thing unless it is recognized to do so.

It could be applied to a lot of things.

It is applied to a whole range of things, from Martha's hair to her father-in-law's chair, but mainly it is used in reference to Harry, his head or his face or his back or -- twice, memorably, in identical terms -- to his phenomenal male member.

The "redtail" name can be applied to a number of other things as well, including a species North American hawk, a Central American boa constrictor and a freshwater fish found in Thailand, among others.

This is almost like the Internet of Things applied to a sprawling metropolitan hub. .

When, as in one episode here, this technique is applied to a rubber ducky, you know things have—pardon jumped the shark.

In the book's chapter on misused words, you'll learn why "clever" means one thing when applied to a Jason Bourne movie and something entirely different when applied to a Triple Crown racehorse.

The realist about universals admits that the predicate 'scarlet' applies to a scarlet thing.

That applies to a lot of things.