Sentence examples for defined themselves as from inspiring English sources

In Washington, both have defined themselves as stringent government-cutters.

They defined themselves as much by their shared passion as their common opposition to certain things.

They defined themselves as straight-talking, shoot-from-the-hip guys.

This is how many people, certainly in the Republic's past, have first defined themselves as Americans.

But one other group stood out - those who defined themselves as "black other".

For years, the South Sudanese have chiefly defined themselves as not being northern Sudanese.

Fully 52% defined themselves as middle class, with aspirational values to match.

Palestinian Arabs for the last 50 or 60 years have defined themselves as a separate national unity.

In the 2011 census, 59% of the population defined themselves as Christian, down from 72% in 2001.

Throughout most of the 18th century, they defined themselves as Protestants "struggling for survival against the world's foremost Catholic power".

But when I asked about social class more than seventy per cent still defined themselves as poor or lower class.