Sentence examples for doing something less from inspiring English sources

THURSDAY'S PUZZLE — There is always one constructor whose byline makes you reconsider solving the puzzle and doing something less challenging instead, like performing neurosurgery.

Did you ever consider doing something less drastic, like a smaller reduction in her calories, and just letting her grow into her weight?

And it appears that the N.A.S.D. is doing something less than a stellar job of riding herd on the brokerage firms.

If you missed the show last Saturday – maybe because you were doing something less painful, like hammering shards of glass into your eyeballs – here's how it works.

I would argue — and, yes, this is somewhat self-serving — that consumers can relate more to something concrete, like tackling the waste produced from a cup of coffee, than doing something less tangible, like offsetting a pound of carbon emissions.

But that's not to say that the globe will be doing something less.

If you do end up doing something less-than-gentlemanly, such as burping or cursing, apologize for it.

And here they've done something less.

Also, "we wanted to do something less obvious," he adds.

So did I decide to do something less risky?

Did that mean he believes Mr. Leno did something less than honorable?