Sentence examples for become defining from inspiring English sources

Menon agreed, but cautioned that for the moment the issue of Pakistan had become defining.

Menon agreed with Boucher that important progress was being made on preventing a future attack, with good cooperation with the U.S., but cautioned that for the moment the issue of Pakistan had become defining.

The conflict stems over who will control automotive electronics in the future: if Apple's products become more prevalent in connected vehicle technology, automakers will lose control of the infotainment systems that have become defining features of their product lineups.

Where once a party like David Ben-Gurion's Mapai, the forerunner to the Israeli Labour party, could dominate for 30 years, the relative decline in influence of the two big political blocs – Labour and Likud – has produced a more febrile politics, where personality as much as party loyalty has become defining.

Somehow, it maintains the accessibility and intimacy that have become defining traits of BPM throughout the years.

Menon warned that, for the moment, the issue of Pakistan had become defining, adding that he was very keen that the incoming US secretary of state should visit India as soon as possible but "was unsure who to ask".

In a world governed by competition, those who fall behind become defined and self-defined as losers.

They become defined by race.

By then his life had become defined by the need for drugs.

Teaching had become defined primarily as a matter of pedagogical technique, rather than of imparting knowledge..

Increasingly, the campaign has become defined by what it stands against – principally Donald Trump.