Sentence examples for dependable anchor from inspiring English sources
Then, on Sunday, math against them, Captain Love will trot out his six hottest players first, front-loading the singles matches but keeping a dependable anchor in reserve — Mickelson, say — for the eighth or ninth spot, which could be the deciding point.
Then, on Sunday, math against them, Captain Love will trot out his six hottest players first, front-loading the singles matches but keeping a dependable anchor in reserve Mickelson, say for the eighth or ninth spot, which could be the deciding point.
It was another step downward for network news -- in particular ABC News, which hosted the debate from Philadelphia and whose usually dependable anchors, Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos, turned in shoddy, despicable performances.
But the Mets' rotation, as presently constituted, is neither talented enough nor dependable enough to anchor the, say, 95 victories needed to win the National League East as well as the additional seven playoff triumphs necessary to win the pennant and the four to win the World Series.
The requirement now is to substantiate the proposition, to move on from novel attraction to dependable unit capable of anchoring the middle order.
McEwan is one of the least flashy stylists of his generation, less quotable than Martin Amis or Julian Barnes, but, especially in Atonement and now this book, his voice has settled into scrupulous, sensual rhythms in which even something as simple as a 24-hour news bulletin is subject to careful choices of adjective and noun: "The synthesised bleeps, the sleepless anchor and his dependable jaw".
No longer the steadfast character anchored by her equally dependable mate and surrounded by a cast of off-kilter family members and friends, the scenario has been inverted.
If done well, flat characters can anchor the piece by being dependable.
Secure chain through anchors.
