Sentence examples for as a bale from inspiring English sources

Poe's life was tragic, but he was about as unworldly as a bale of cotton.

The thickest volume feels as heavy as a bale of straw.

Lepore argues that Poe, far from being a tortured ghost of a man, was "about as unworldly as a bale of cotton".

And he did look like an all-American cowboy – blond as the sun, solid as a bale of hay, simple values.

Pro-Madrid Marca and AS celebrated Bale as a world-beater and derided Neymar as an overrated show pony, while Catalan papers Mundo Deportivo and Sport did the opposite.

Delivered as a bag, bowl or a bale and served up as a joint, spliff or roach, the above glitterati not only include a who's-who of dedicated politicians, multi-national moguls, Hollywood film stars, and global eco-activists, but also a list of confessed weed-whackers as well.

The steady four-on-the-floor is often a muffled pulse, as if pounded on a bale of cotton; ambient buzzes and whooshes obscure moving parts.

Speaking to reporters at Valencia airport before boarding a flight to London to undergo his medical, the 28-year-old was quoted as saying by Spanish newspaper AS: "Bale is a great footballer and you can see the effort Tottenham are making to prevent him from leaving.

Grandeur, it seemed, was not as appealing as a good bale of hay.

As a boy, Bale was skinny and shy.

Coming into the game, the visitors had lost just once to Tottenham in their last eight league games, but they were soon under pressure in the second period as a marauding Bale run and shot was well saved by Howard.