Sentence examples for be described to from inspiring English sources

The catalogue contains a fair number of pieces that could be described — to quote from a Britten essay by Albert Innaurato — as "well-made twaddle".

To assess children's scientific skills, an experiment could be described to them, in writing, and then they would explain how they would improve upon it.

And for all its serious intentions, the show's tone might be described, to borrow from the play, as "silly but sweet".

One alternative may be described to the family as "reasonable" or "comforting," while the other is depicted as "invasive," "aggressive" or "painful".

The device in the woman's right hand could be described to him as being akin to a Dick Tracy two-way wrist radio with a full keyboard and a computer monitor.

He has also garnered countless international awards, and is at the very forefront of innovative ways of redraping skin and sucking out and resculpting fat that cannot be described to readers looking at this magazine over breakfast.

But the White House has taken the stance that the secret detention program is too sensitive to be described to any members other than the top Republican and Democrat on each panel.

For instance, few would suggest there is one musical group that could ever be described to be the definitively British band, even if there may be a body of music that is authentically British.

But Lowell smiled when the scene was described to him.

Those plans were described to Mr. Obama last month.

The shandies had been described to me as agricultural fairs.