Sentence examples for example of the tradition from inspiring English sources

Think Meryl Streep beating Viola Davis for best actress last year as an example of an insider victory, or Oscars for "The King's Speech" as an example of the tradition of best picture and best director going hand in hand.

The most famous American example of the tradition is the Winter Soldier Investigation, a conference held by members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, in Detroit, in early 1971, at which soldiers recounted atrocities that they and others had committed in Vietnam.

Nicholls also cites the work of David Nobbs and novels such as Billy Liar as examples of the tradition of English comic writing that he could be seen as belonging to.

The coarser and more scabrous cartoons that marked the covers of Charlie Hebdo — and took in Jesus and Moses, along with Muhammad; angry rabbis and ranting bishops, along with imams — were the latest example of that tradition.

The coarser and more scabrous cartoons that marked the covers of Charlie Hebdo and took in Jesus and Moses, along with Muhammad; angry rabbis and ranting bishops, along with imams were the latest example of that tradition.

Masuda A fairly recent addition to Osaka's dining scene, this restaurant is a fine example of the kappou tradition.

Stephen Decatur's raid on the harbor of Tripoli on the night of Feb. 16, 1804, is a legendary example of the American tradition at work.

The story Updike had in that issue was the wonderful "Playing with Dynamite," a multilayered, complex, beautiful example of the modernist tradition: a story whose meaning infused every phrase in ways that didn't quite seem possible.

This segment was an example of the living tradition that has been passed on from father to son for generations.

Entertainment Weekly writer Jennifer Armstrong cited the character as an example of the old tradition of having only "bad guys" smoking on television.

The "Kanye Western" party at UCLA is just another example of the longstanding tradition that is as international as it is offensive.