Sentence examples for decidedly practical from inspiring English sources
"Going into 2011 we've taken a decidedly practical approach," Mr. Grant said.
People have created dozens of programs for the iPhone, ranging from the useless but entertaining (a virtual popcorn popper) to the decidedly practical (a screen-shot capture program).
In many ways the letters made available to the press are what one might expect from the very private and decidedly practical movie star.
Whether you think conforming to a stereotype is good or bad, it is a decidedly practical way for a teen to figure out what he or she likes, what's comfortable, and what's not.
Though capeless, Stine offered me anecdotes from his childhood, and insights into the decidedly practical writing process that would lead to such whimsical tales of horror and intrigue as Night of the Living Dummies and Say Cheese and Die.
The material they save, as a result, is decidedly personal and practical, said Mr. Flake, the company's chief executive.
Adultery may have taken a detour in the last half-century into Cheever-Updike-Ford country -- into the repertory of otherwise practical, decidedly non-literary-minded characters -- but it has traditionally been both a pitfall and an irresistible form of worldly transport for the kind of character who lives immersed in books.
The story wouldn't have had to become "The Lost Weekend" or "Days of Wine and Roses," and Brand's character wouldn't have had to shed his silliness, but it should have been grounded in, and contrasted with, a decidedly non-silly, recognizably practical context.
So what would be the practical impact of such decidedly non-neutral capabilities?
But its more practical legacy may be decidedly nonfiction in nature — setting new standards for board oversight of operational risk.
We must apply this same faith, not to consumer products, but to a decidedly public purpose: finding new and practical on-ramps for people to return to the public square and participate in the life of their community and nation.
