Sentence examples for ended up defining from inspiring English sources

She claimed to hate opening nights -- "I'm always awful" -- and initially declined the role that ended up defining her career.

They started off as a contrivance, as the flight of Nigel Martin-Smith's fancy, as a business proposition; they ended up defining tightness as a band.

But she ended up defining the foundation's clients as those who have been jailed for political activity, though not necessarily sentenced for that.

That, of course, is not what ended up defining Woods's year, which just goes to show you that the biggest stories are often the ones that only a time traveler would dream up in advance.

Other personal computers had been launched before; but it was the IBM PC that ended up defining the standard around which a vast new industry then coalesced (see article).

"The I.S.I. started out as an important arm of Pakistani national security, but it ended up defining national security in its own terms," said Husain Haqqani, a political analyst in Islamabad and a former Pakistani government minister.

Bad marketer Bowie − Cross-platform reinventions made it confusing to keep track of core brand − Cross-Googling problem with choice of stage name (brings up hits about knives – dubiously fashionable product) − Defined an era, but ended up defined by that era, delimiting brand life (Bowie=70s. See also: Rubik's Cube = 80s).

Diplomatic friendship is converted into complicity and the comrades end up defining the nature of those who have chosen their company.

These things end up defining your character and will, in many ways, decide his ultimate legacy in the world.

All of this suggests it's easier to end up defined as a member of a gang if you're black, and Darel's deportation is likely best explained in this context.

"Just one photo could end up defining who you are for a long time".