Sentence examples for defined by the need from inspiring English sources

By then his life had become defined by the need for drugs.

But the design of its racing cars, like those of its rivals, is defined by the need to optimize performance.

Then he joined the Army, where, friends said, his social life was defined by the need to conceal his sexuality under "don't ask, don't tell" and he wasted brainpower fetching coffee for officers.

But whereas Volcker's career was primarily defined by the need to manage the crises produced by the inflationary pressures of the Keynesian era – in which the concern to defend the dollar as the key currency of global capitalism stood paramount – Geithner's career was defined by the crises produced by the volatility of global finance in the neoliberal era.

Extubation failure was defined by the need of reintubation within 48 h following extubation.

For the secondary outcome, failure of HFNC was defined by the need of CPAP or invasive ventilation.

Tocqueville admired the resulting values of middleness: a society defined by the needs and aspirations of the people in the middle, not by the overwhelming demands of the vast poor, nor by the gilded ambitions of the rich.

Many of us feel politically homeless in America but are committed in solidarity with our sisters and brothers in the global South whose political agenda is defined by the needs of "the least of these" around the world.

The possibility of upgrading is defined by the needs of the district health services and by the availability of courses at the relevant training institutions.

It is defined by the needs of an individual child and family when cure is no longer possible, rather than by age or organ system.

Although rewards have objective, physical and chemical properties, their value is defined by the needs of the individual decision maker and thus intrinsically subjective.