Sentence examples for becomes if not from inspiring English sources

Roy becomes, if not their leader, then a scarred totem around which they congregate.

So, despite avowed principle, torture becomes, if not unavoidable, then at least tragically logical.

So the question becomes: if not self-management, then what else?

Her plain, anxious need to correct the record becomes, if not necessarily endearing, then at least emotionally persuasive.

But through Friedberger's voice, the story, its genders blurred, delivered of the potential mossy madeleine factor, becomes, if not exactly universal, then at least more complex and intriguing.

Now, for a lot of people it becomes, if not the default setting, then near the top of the list of how you're going to do that," Yeager said.

(Hergé, asked what he would have become if not an artist, replied, "Spéléologue," or spelunker).

Drugs that once quashed the bugs have become, if not completely useless, then only sporadically effective.

And the truth is that this year pottery has become, if not hot, then at least cool.

Leaving my flat became – if not a major struggle, then certainly effortful.

Soon Rachel Zoe became, if not quite a household name, then a tabloid one, and her young wards "the Zoe-bots".