Sentence examples for but always defined from inspiring English sources

Second, in the Thomist tradition, nation states are never an end in themselves but always defined against a greater "common good", an eternal benchmark, as to what constitutes justice.

But cities have always defined themselves by their skylines, whether the vast gold-plated Mayan temples of pre-Colombian America, the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, the mythical Tower of Babel, the steeples and spires of Europe or the Empire State Building in Manhattan.

But the site always defined itself in open terms, promoting a general sense of peace.

It's hard to feel really young and successful when you're hanging out with Lena Dunham all the time, because she's younger and way more successful and amazing and deserves every ounce of it, but I've always defined success more as like happiness, personal fulfillment.

But then grime has always defined itself by its refusal of definition.

General Electric and Goldman Sachs may laugh and think that's a bad business model, but success is not always defined by bottom line profits.

But faith, hope and optimism have always defined the spirit of America.

"But our research indicates that Edgecombe was always defined as the boundary along the park.

The hierarchy is clear in the military, but the purpose of the work is always defined as being for the common good.

Meanwhile, the local blood flow is always defined by local metabolic demands but not global blood flow.

Leaders of this camp have always defined security not only in terms of military preparedness but in terms of diplomatic integration into the West.