Sentence examples for de something from inspiring English sources

de Something rose arching against it in sweet-smelling pearly swags, the reality is considerably grimmer: my taxi-driver neighbor's viciously pruned, yellow-budded toilet brushes, or the suburban crematoria whose residents are united by the horrible lollipop standards on their resting places.

Ms. Russell still likes toile de Jouy, something of a reprieve.

It also made de Montebello something of a hero to the curatorial staff.

For Champ de Mars, something is better than nothing, but expectations are high.

He claimed the intelligence services had warned [the president] FW de Klerk something untoward was going to happen, that there was collusion between the security forces and Inkatha.

'Pottery is more than a tea cup' That early revelation at a potter's wheel has made De Waal something of an evangelist.

Although the Anchor's customers are mostly below the rank of officers, the atmosphere is "trans-atlantic de luxe" something like a second-class smoking room as it is pict red in a steamship folder.

His own preferred novels were Los Pichiciegos, Vivir Afuera (Living Outside, 1998) and En Otro Orden de Cosas (Something Else, 2004), the last of which won him the Argentinian national prize for literature.

The introduction of Adam Lallana and Steven Davis brought a measure of control to the visitors' midfield after the break and Lambert, quiet to that point, twice gave De Gea something to think about with long-range shots.

The author quotes geronotology theoretician Aubrey de Grey – something of a celebrity in the world of life extension – as stating that there is a 50% chance of achieving negligible senescence in the next 25 years.

To appreciate the incredible personal and athletic feats Lance Armstrong has conquered, one would have to have endured cancer and win the Tour de France, something no one else has done.