Sentence examples for as forebears from inspiring English sources

Other medieval Italian painters are recognisable as forebears of what was to come.

Politicians tend to use them genealogically, naming their authors as forebears or, as the case may be, glaringly omitting them.

By this he means that they do not engage in lewd conversation, scatological humor, crude provocation, or any of the brasher methods practiced by many sports talkers who might claim Mike and the Mad Dog as forebears.

Dismissing reflexive invocations of Bob Dylan and the Beatles as fellow musicians who helped shape the lives of their listeners, Mr. Bozza points instead to the more protean and mercurial David Bowie and post-Beatles-breakup John Lennon as forebears.

It also demonstrates that Americans are hopeful activists, as our forebears were, and that control of the country has finally returned to its citizens.

Biobanking science is implicitly oriented to the population focus of its historical epidemiological forebears as well as to the individualist focus of contemporary genomic medicine.

These Russians propose to conquer the world's new frontier — the Internet — and they are every bit as cocky as their forebears.

But the morning infotainment shows like "Good Morning, America" and the "Today" show are live, and Americans seem as thrilled now as their forebears were in the early 50's to stand outside the shows' studio windows and wave.

Still, given the vigorous competition, sustaining our position will require public and private initiatives as smart and bold as our forebears' digging of the Erie Canal.

"Ireland is stunningly scenic, its traditions – music, dance, whiskey and beer – firmly intact and the cosmopolitan, contemporary Irish are just as friendly and welcoming as their forebears were known to be," the guide said.

As Lonely Planet puts it: "Ireland is stunningly scenic, its traditions – music, dance, whiskey, and beer – firmly intact and the cosmopolitan, contemporary Irish are just as friendly and welcoming as their forebears were known to be".