Sentence examples for be a place defined from inspiring English sources

It seems destined to be a place defined by other places.

Iraq may still be a place defined by Islam, sectarianism, violence and political dysfunction, but here in this clubhouse, and at larger gatherings of rappers and dancers in Baghdad's parks, are vignettes of another sort, defiant gestures of rebellion in a social order with little space for individual expression, especially of the sort draped in Western mores.

New York City in the 1980s was a place defined by party fiefs and political bosses, and high-profile public jobs were a coin of their realm.

Essentially, it is a place defined by absences: of the coal and steel industries, and the huge Hoover factory that closed in 2009 – but more generally, of the ideas and institutions that once defined the Labour party and the wider Labour movement.

In the sleepy sunlight hours it's a place defined by its craggy cliffs and Cornish pasties; the colourful surf shops flogging a Santa Cruz lifestyle and Camden Market burlap change purses.

In the sleepy sunlight hours it's a place defined by its craggy cliffs and Cornish pasties; the colorful surf shops flogging a Santa Cruz lifestyle and Camden Market burlap change purses.

It was still a place defined more by the blueberry bread, the red and yellow peppers, the easy banter of buyers and sellers that was tangible and real than by the inscrutable train wreck on Wall Street.

For them it is still a place defined by a war.

A cave is a paradox: a place defined by its absence.

While the asset-light generation may, for the moment, be a place dominated by the young early-adopters willing to extend that trust, Mary Meeker believes we are all moving towards a place defined not by what we own or how much of it we have, but a "sharing economy".

Despite its image as a purple, loopy purveyor of fun, Yahoo is a solitary place defined by an us-against-the-world fervor and a confidence that verges on fatal arrogance.