Sentence examples for asp from inspiring English sources

The interface is familiar enough that training usually takes hours rather than weeks.The technical term for a company such as Salesforce.com is an application service provider (ASP).

The means of her death is uncertain, though Classical writers came to believe that she had killed herself by means of an asp, symbol of divine royalty.

In 1977 the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), which had led the colony to independence, and the Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) of Zanzibar, which had taken power after a coup in 1964, merged to form the Revolutionary Party (Chama cha Mapinduzi; CCM), and a new constitution was adopted the same year.

The Egyptian cobra (N. haje)—probably the asp of antiquity is a dark, narrow-hooded species, about two metres long, that ranges over much of Africa and eastward to Arabia.

Helmet caps were ornamented with symbols of rank: the asp for kingly power, the feather for sovereignty.

Under previous rules, people reaching 75 had two options; they could either buy an annuity or take an alternatively secured pension (ASP).

Their armies were defeated and in 30 BC, rather than surrender, the two lovers committed suicide – Mark Antony by his sword, and Cleopatra with a poisonous asp.

Asp viper (France/Italy) One of Europe's most venomous snakes, its bite can cause loss of vision, paralysis and kidney failure.

Sound effects can be manipulated with the use of digital technology known as audio signal processing (ASP).

Sacred emblems such as the scarab beetle and the asp were worn by priests and royalty.

Cleopatra is said to have killed herself with an asp (see also viper).