Sentence examples for becomes the equivalent from inspiring English sources

Thus the exclamation point becomes "the equivalent of canned laughter".

A so-called bistro where residents can socialize and find soft drinks and snacks 24 hours a day becomes the equivalent of a family room.

In this context, doing nothing in the face of evil becomes the equivalent of actively supporting evil; morally speaking, there is no middle ground.

So what seems innocuous enough at 120 calories a serving becomes the equivalent of a serving of a rich ice cream.

Yet it is also a painting, hung vertically so that it becomes the equivalent of a canvas – the abstract expressionist bed.

In one episode, the couple try – and fail – to go to the cinema; leaving their place becomes the equivalent of climbing Everest.

The Johns Hopkins team grew the brains from five donors' skin cells, which were reprogrammed to become the equivalent of stem cells, and then stimulated toward becoming brain cells.

Curaçao and the Dutch half of St. Maarten will become independent nations in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, while three other islands become the equivalent of Dutch municipalities.

They became the equivalent of lifers in the Army.

Killing a human being became the equivalent of manufacturing something".

The Safraneks' net worth of $152,000, if they downsize, would become the equivalent of approximately $12.5 million.