Sentence examples for ballast of from inspiring English sources

The ballast of language is gone.

With the ballast of one another's company, however, they spoke.

Lately, though, Mr. McBeth has started to feel the ballast of his obligations.

Mr. Cusack says: "Laura has to be the ballast of the film.

But the ballast of yogurt smothers it all and makes it less than itself.

The Trieste sank with a ballast of tonnes of iron pellets.

At least he has the ballast of a couple of wickets in the bag.

Consequently, Weldon is a writer whose skills benefit from the ballast of real life.

Joseph Loconte is on target when he says "democracy needs the moral ballast of religion".

OUTDOOR SPACE: There's a long, tree-lined driveway lined with cobblestones salvaged from the ballast of an Indian ship.

Yet many new technological developments are presented here without the ballast of specific scientific, or economic, skepticism.