Sentence examples for characteristically drawn from inspiring English sources

In 2006 he moved to Sheffield, having characteristically drawn up a spreadsheet analysing the merits for him of each of the towns in which his children lived.

The subsequent Battle of Ramillies, fought in the Spanish Netherlands on 23 May, was perhaps Marlborough's most successful action, and one in which he had himself characteristically drawn his sword at the pivotal moment.

Characteristically drawing on the language of football and television, Mr Berlusconi said the League's leader had shown he was a goal-scorer leaving him with the role of director.

In his characteristically wispy drawing after Michelangelo's "Pietà," the Virgin wilts over her son.

Hamid, characteristically droll, drew up a list of 10 commandments of which the first three were: "Must have mangoes"; "Must have maids who serve mangoes"; "Maids must have affairs with man servants who should occasionally steal mangoes".

City, characteristically, blew it, drawing 3-3.

Mandela characteristically tried to draw the spotlight away from himself, saying: "The history of the struggle in South Africa is rich with the stories of heroes and heroines, some of them leaders, some of them followers.

Characteristically, the infants' knees are drawn up to the abdomen, face is flushed, fists are clenched, flatus is expelled, the facies is "pained" and there is minimal response to attempts at soothing [ 1].

And characteristically, his positions are more sharply drawn than Mr. McGreevey's.

Ibram Lassaw takes the diffused overall markings in a different direction: his untitled ink and watercolor work from 1951 is actually a finely drawn and detailed composition, rather than a characteristically spontaneous, New York School outburst.

This disclaimer drew a characteristically biting rejoinder from Scalia in his dissent: "Do not believe it".