Sentence examples for dear setting from inspiring English sources

But then came the Britpop War, a rivalry largely invented by the British press that set Blur against the Manchester group Oasis and drew on divisive references that Britons hold dear: setting Blur as the middle-class southerners against Liam and Noel Gallagher, the working-class northern brothers behind Oasis.

Dear, dear, dear.

Oh dear, I set myself up for that, didn't I?

Justin Simien's "Dear White People," set at the fictitious Ivy-like Winchester University, is a movie with something — something important — to say: it's hard for black students on a predominantly white campus.

Our dear Maggie Lee set up a zine shop a few weeks ago.

You ready?... OK, here goes... YOU, dear parent, set the emotional tone in family life.

Another day, with our help and an 11 p.m. visit by our lawyer, he wrote a will, leaving his possessions to his siblings and a few dear ones and setting the intention to establish a fund to support students with disabilities at Princeton, a project that many of you have generously helped transform into a reality.

And setting aside dear old Lyndon, it's hard to think of anybody.

Wartime and cold-war espionage proved winning formulas for "Dear Fatherland" (1965), set in Berlin shortly after the building of the wall, and "And Jimmy Went to the Rainbow" (1970), a 700-page best seller about an assassination in World War II and the current trade in biological weapons.

"He's not going to throw a pie at Dear Leader, or set himself on fire like they're always doing?

"Dear White People" is set to premiere Oct. 17th, but watch the latest teaser for the film above.