Sentence examples for appropriate the terms from inspiring English sources

Unlike those who appropriate the terms to denote informality only to lay on marble, gilt and a starchy concierge, or instead of French classics serve tacos or lemongrass chicken, Peter and Cecilia Rait, the owners, cleave to strict definitions.

"Unless we receive an offer we deem appropriate, the terms of his contract will be enforced.

By the summer of 2011, Mr. Obama made his first attempt to appropriate the term.

I've chosen to appropriate the term and self-identify as a coconut because I believe it offers an opportunity for refusal.

But what none of the commenters (or myself) realized, however, was how appropriate the term "unicorn" was.

Reading through the comments on the Facebook page, it's clear that 'Maspoot' is not being used to celebrate gayness or to appropriate the term in any empowering way.

And the claim that they are appropriating the term and rendering it harmless is simply naïve.

When the government derided them as infiltrators, protesters appropriated the term with pride.

A decade later, the Clash appropriated the term as a romantic catch-all for their own followers.

"We called them bridge-and-tunnel," he said, appropriating the term Manhattan residents have long used to dismiss outsiders.

In 1952, the playwright George Axelrod appropriated the term for a Broadway play about a husband's desire to stray.