Sentence examples for could crudely be from inspiring English sources

Grossman has written what could crudely be labeled a Harry Potter for adults.

The strength of that belief has enabled him, without a qualm, to vote as a judge for what could crudely be taken as the unpopular side.

"Grossman has written what could crudely be labeled a Harry Potter for adults," our reviewer, Michael Agger, said, in which "an alternate society of magicians bumpily coexists with our own," except with drugs, disappointment and anomie.

By concentrating the light and by exaggerating the diminuendo of the force of light in relation to the distance from the light source, Rembrandt arrived at what could crudely be termed "spotlight" effects.

That, put crudely, is how many people regard pacifism.

In the early 1970's, when Vice President Agnew went on his alliterative tear, opponents could only be crudely demonized as effete snobs or as wild-eyed hippies; in the age of Dr. Phil it is more effective to infantilize them -- we'll talk about it when they're less angry.

It may be that with the right code, we could crudely bodge a kind of AV system into the establishment-friendly, incumbent-favouring first past the post system.

The Driver's Seat could be crudely described as a psychological thriller, because it contains all the elements of that genre.

Another disturbing thing about the big data bandwagon is its implicit epistemology, which could be crudely summarised by modifying the old Klondike slogan: "There's truth in them thar data".

One of the neatest tricks: Intel's new multi-core chip can save power by shutting down one or more of its processor cores which could be crudely compared to cylinders in a car's engine and save power.

The glyphs could be crudely written rongorongo, as might be expected for Rapa Nui representatives writing with the novel instrument of pen on paper.