Sentence examples for are trained like from inspiring English sources

Still others favor a far more aggressive approach, sending in tactical medical personnel who are trained, like King, to handle guns as well as tourniquets to stop bleeding and needles to decompress punctured lungs.

About a century ago, Claude Debussy described musical competitions as "purely arbitrary affairs," and complained not only that "the contestants are trained like racehorses," but also that the blue ribbon -- or the gold medal in today's inflated terms -- excused listeners from exercising their own critical judgment.

For what it's worth, the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "militia" as "a group of people who are not part of the armed forces of a country but are trained like soldiers" — a description that would not cover the loose assemblage that broke away from a larger protest in Oregon to occupy the building.

People find it entertaining to watch animals race competitively, whether they are trained, like horses, camels or dogs, or untrained, like cockroaches.

We were training like mad, because we thought we were going to be doing some real fighting.

Previously known as the Alliance Defense Fund, it has been training like-minded lawyers and joining litigation against same-sex marriage and abortion rights.

In a large, renovated warehouse in Afghanistan's Kunduz City, 24 young athletes are training like madmen.

In a large, renovated warehouse in Afghanistan's Kunduz City, 24 young athletes are training like madmen.

Mr. Collins, however, said: "She's trained like a dog.

"We were trained like that to talk the same, act in a certain way," she said.

Well, it may be a voice that is trained like an opera singer's voice: to fill a large space.