Sentence examples for as if fed from inspiring English sources
The resultant downpour did not seem to quench the genius of Quincy Jones: "Music roared through him, set his soul on fire, and for the rest of his life those flames blazed as if fed dry tinder".
In the one scene that can be taken as infantile satire, Hattie, at a music class featuring songs of praise to "the earth, our mother," stands up and makes for the exit, as if fed up with the New Age mumbo-jumbo to which she has been subjected.
It sure seems as if Fed policy is helping only the wealthy, and not doing much for the economy.
The younger Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, has used a beastly metaphor of his own, telling associates that the Post writer should be dealt with at arm's length, as if feeding a caged animal, according to one person who has heard the governor speak that way and wanted to remain anonymous because the remark was made in a private conversation.
For several minutes, Sharapova struck serve after serve as Vujacic fed her the ball, bouncing it to her as if feeding a jump shooter in stride.
They dropped pills into my mouth from several inches away as if feeding a baby bird, and even the wet-brain drunks wouldn't come near me.
Nor did the drug users give away "meal tokens" to their wealthy neighbours, as if feeding ducks in a pond (though good idea maybe next time).
It is tempting to write them all off, as the prime minister doubtless already does, as a crocodile which, if fed with concessions, will always demand more – and ultimately eat up Cameron himself and his party's electoral chances with it.
"As if to feed the starlings / but really he throws nothing".
Standing on the mound, Cone looked around for an instant, as if to feed off their emotion, and he finished off Vaughn with a split-fingered fastball, the third of his six strikeouts on the afternoon.
Though we come to understand that Woland is the devil, Bulgakov is rarely explicit, preferring to use other titles, as if to feed the idea that to meet him will drive you insane.
