Sentence examples for begin to refer from inspiring English sources

Only after the crucible of the war did the public begin to refer to the nation in the singular ("the United States is").

Students' sense of empathy and bedside manner deteriorate, and many begin to refer to their patients not as people but as diseases, that dehumanizing shorthand of the wards.

The centre of the nation began to shift from north to south; around the middle of the 8th century Chinese sources cease to mention Lin-yi and begin to refer to the kingdom as Huan-wang, a Sinicization of the name of the northernmost province, Panduranga (Phan Rang).

Finally, we can mention those places and begin to refer to them customarily.

At some point he began to refer to some things in his life that were outside my frame of reference.

She began to refer to herself as the "image maker".

Gradually they began to refer to themselves as Yids.

Mr. Calderon began to refer to Ms. Smith as "my wife".

Grandmother began to refer to her granddaughter as "the sister".

Many students came to dread the events, which some began to refer to as "hate week".

In L.A., especially during the hostage crisis, many Iranians began to refer to themselves as "Persian".