Sentence examples for example were set from inspiring English sources

Though poetry began in song (lyric poems, for example, were set to the lyre), by now, the two serve different needs.

The practice flourished in the earlier days of the genre, when some of Metastasio's librettos, for example, were set by scores of composers.

In Byzantine mosaics, faces, hands and feet, for example, were set with stone, while cubes of marble, often of coarse crystals, were used to depict woollen garments.

Spirited outline drawings, inspired by English example, were set alongside frames and initial letters of Carolingian ancestry (e.g., the Psalter and Gospels of Odbert of Saint-Bertin, c. 1000; Bible of Saint-Vaast, early 11th century).

U/V division numbers used in this example were set as five and seven, respectively.

The example was set at the top.

Patiala House, for example, is set entirely in London.

The example was set by the chairman of CBS, William S. Paley.

The stage, for example, is set between two doors.

The average value of an 18-month-old pig, for example, was set at about £78.

An example was set by another conference at Paris two years later, which established the International Telegraph Union.