Sentence examples for becoming to him from inspiring English sources

Whatever Gallic cred he lost by hanging up his carving knife was quickly regained as he began to learn his way around a Jerusalem artichoke, greens becoming to him what oil paints were to Manet.

And he tosses a big bouquet to Holbrooke (with whom he acknowledges in his notes a "warm friendship"), saying that after Holbrooke's stint as United Nations representative he "emerged as something of a star, and the role was becoming to him".

But however bemusing the title-that-never-was story is simply is, it demonstrates just how desperate measures are becoming to bring him down.

But no one should try to make Jesus their mascot -- it is not becoming to you or to him -- let alone so drastically abuse His teachings in the process.

His two sons went to Balliol before becoming articled to him.

Hearing about McMeekin, she succeeded in becoming apprenticed to him at his Mittagong studio in New South Wales.

But by 1950 the Arabian peninsula was becoming closed to him, with the Saudi and Omani authorities blocking further travel.

He'd be relieved to feel the pull of his attraction slacken, as he'd glimpse her not as his wife but as just another person -- and one whose life was becoming foreign to him.

But for Stevie Smith a person from Porlock would be a welcome visitor: I long for the Person from Porlock To bring my thoughts to an end, I am becoming impatient to see him I think of him as a friend.

"His future was becoming more important to him," his mother said.

When Mubarak complained that human rights groups were becoming a nuisance to him, the Obama administration halted the meager official aid that supported them.