Sentence examples for design proved from inspiring English sources

At least one design proved impractical.

The design proved to be an ideal ambassador.

But making the bamboo cooperate with their design proved unexpectedly difficult.

The design proved to be outstanding, both functional and instantly recognisable.

The Model T, with its simple modular design, proved a malleable machine indeed.

But the design proved too complicated to cast — it had radiating fins along the bottom to distribute the heat.

Construction started in May 1997 but the initial design proved impractical and was sent back to the drawing board.

Commissioned by an Italian cardinal, the sculpture was created in the 1540's for King Francis I when Cellini's design proved too expensive for his first patron.

The design proved brilliantly successful, but Brandt, working almost 24 hours a day, succumbed to strain and died a little more than a year after the work commenced.

When that design proved unpopular with politicians, the Venturis and their partners came up with a new design, featuring a vast electronic screen.

Tall building design was an emerging and controversial field, and in 1896 the critic Montgomery Schuyler said Hardenbergh's design proved that the skyscraper was "artistically tractable".