Sentence examples for eventually defined from inspiring English sources
Most events of moment are eventually defined by single words that were once quite unfamiliar — perestroika, arbitrage, Tiananmen, dotcom — but which endless retellings have rendered mundane.
Scholars eventually defined the Classical Era as Viennese music of the late eighteenth century, especially Mozart and Haydn, who, in their day, had been racy, modern figures.
He is known as fiscally conservative and socially moderate, a combination that eventually defined Alfonse M. D'Amato's time in the United States Senate from New York.
This term was coined by the social psychologist Arie Kruglanski, who eventually defined it as "individuals' desire for a firm answer to a question and an aversion toward ambiguity," a drive for certainty in the face of a less than certain world.
The attempt to rebuild Iraq depends on the meshing of three provinces of the Ottoman empire, sewn together as part of the same effort to divvy up the region and create British and French spheres of interest that eventually defined the outlines of Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
Just how the amendment was to be enforced (eventually defined in the Volstead Act) was left vague and, more important, underfinanced, so that a relative handful of law enforcement agents were charged with stopping a practice engaged in by millions of Americans.
He had no idea then that marijuana would eventually define him in ways he says are neither accurate nor fair.
But defeat against Costa Rica cost them dearly: Mario Balotelli missed the early chance that would eventually define his tournament and Cesare Prandelli's side were puzzlingly subdued thereafter.
They want Podesta's group to function not simply as a TV booking agency but also as the kind of idea factory that Heritage, Cato and A.E.I. were in the 1970's, pumping out provocative new proposals that could eventually define in the public mind what it means to be progressive.
(On a hopeful side note: if this just shortens an endless N.B.A. season, wouldn't that be awesome?) When the lockout began, Commissioner David Stern grabbed the first opportunity to spin things his way, but how bad this gets will eventually define Stern's legacy, writes Adrian Wojnarowski on Yahoo.com.
On this basis, Macfarlane Burnet hypothesized a model of immune regulation that would eventually define immunology.
