Sentence examples for for a certain materialism from inspiring English sources

The millennials have developed a reputation for a certain materialism.

Except for a certain four young Liverpudlians.

Aim for a certain level.

For a while, a certain voice continued.

The tenets of her pursuit might include faith (in herself) and devotion to her craft and a certain kind of self-conscious materialism.

In a similar vein, Nabokov's posthumously published "Lectures on Literature" reprints a corny magazine ad that Nabokov liked to show to his students at Cornell, as an example of a certain kind of sunny American materialism and kitsch (or poshlost, in Russian): it's an ad for flatware featuring a young housewife, hands clasped, eyes brimming as she contemplates a place setting.

In some paintings there are slashing gestures that evoke the idea of action painting, but even in those a certain well-composed stylishness and ingratiating materialism tamps down any wilder dissonance.

"They're for a very certain demographic".

Finding the two together in St Moritz, he showered them with bank notes and shouted: 'Here, take this if you love money so much!' While the anecdote confirms a certain trust-fund boorishness, it also points to a rather becoming anti-materialism, or at least a lack of respect for wealth.

It was then that he first read in translation a certain number of Soviet writings on philosophy and produced his own account of dialectical materialism, of which the best-known portions are those entitled "On Practice" and "On Contradiction".

Dr Croft said he believed The Fear, with a theme of materialism and starting "I want to be rich and I want lots of money" captured a "certain spirit" of contemporary culture.