Sentence examples for casually described from inspiring English sources

Because I myself have been casually described as "exotic" so many times, I feel, in a vague way, that I own the word.

I later filmed my young friends in a playground on roundabouts and swings as they casually described how much fun it was to set fires.

There is no formula for defining a recession, even though it is often casually described as two consecutive quarters of economic contraction.

Mr. Thirupathi casually described how, in his guerrilla days, his troops killed not just "class enemies" like the landlords, but also tribals – the very people for whom Maoists claim to be fighting.

That means different approaches to three elements: the opposition, the government and aid.The opposition, casually described as "the Taliban", is far from a unified force in a country of great ethnic complexity.

When Renzo Piano casually described his design for London Bridge Tower in a press conference as "a shard … a shard of crystal," he must have had little idea what his poetic aside would unleash.

Even a financial officer at one of these firms casually describes the big four as "an oligopoly".That cosy term hardly seems appropriate just now.

Meanwhile, businessman Tony launches matter-of-factly into a detailed account of his unassuageable lusts and Grant, a seemingly asexual therapist, casually describes his sadistic group experiments and acknowledges the universality of paedophiliac desire.

What his jokes have in common with his conversation is his gift for sharp, vivid metaphors: it's there when he's on stage, it's there when he's casually describing overly salty food, and it's there in the profile when he's likening himself to cricket-cage artisans or surfers or scientists at Cal Tech.

Ms. Didion, who collaborated with Dunne on screenplays, writes about how the young Quintana could see a film like "Nicholas and Alexandra" — "a truly harrowing story" that "placed both parents and children in unthinkable peril" — and casually describe it in Hollywood default terms as a movie that's "going to be a big hit".

Instead of listing the number of countries where you've lived and worked, it's far more effective – not to mention socially acceptable – to prove your credentials by casually describing the time you almost crashed on a runway in the Democratic Republic of Congo or in the mountains over Kabul.