Sentence examples for familiar present from inspiring English sources

In "The Parallel Universe" (column, May 12), Thomas L. Friedman paints a frightening picture of a near future very different from our comfortable, familiar present.

To travel the hundred and fifty miles or so from Dublin and its lush surrounding counties to the flinty peaks and rocky shores of Connemara is to voyage from a more or less familiar present into a mysterious, enduring antiquity.

"Few fiction writers working today have more successfully rendered the sensation of solid ground suddenly melting away, pinpointing that instant when the familiar present is swallowed up by an always encroaching past or voided future," Katherine Dieckmann said here last year.

The most familiar present-day example is a reading or magnifying glass.

Twenty-four hours after training, rats were tested by reintroducing them in the arena for 5 min. One of the objects was familiar (presented during the training session) and the other was novel (never presented before).

After a familiarization with indoor and outdoor images (starting ∼60 min after drug intake), subjects underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning, while novel images were randomly presented intermixed with familiar images (presented twice during familiarization) and very familiar images (presented 4 times during familiarization).

And decluttering possessions acquired over many years and moving from a familiar home present huge emotional issues.

He is a traditionalist, but not a revivalist: instead of evoking a bygone past, he prefers to evoke a familiar, unchanging present.

Change requires that you accept certain things with which you might not be familiar at present, but with which you can become comfortable once you are exposed to it, learn about it and perhaps even participate in it.

Bill Littlefield is familiar with presenting a sports show for a public radio audience.

"THE THREE LITTLE PIGS," a musical version of the familiar story, presented by the Bronx Arts Ensemble on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Riverdale Y.M.-Y.W.H.A., 5625 Arlington Avenue, near West 246th Street, the Bronx.