Sentence examples for gets an asterisk from inspiring English sources

T-Mobile gets an asterisk.

Even the quick-take 35.5 figure gets an asterisk: that is the Environmental Protection Agency's number, which adjusts for the benefits of improved air-conditioning systems.

The team's leadoff hitter when he's in the lineup -- this gets an asterisk -- McEwing had hit in 12 of the team's previous 13 games and was batting.316 before yesterday's game against Boston.

Most often mentioned was Mark Helprin's 1983 fantasy "Winter's Tale," of which one respondent, George Fasel of Gramercy, said, " 'Winter's Tale' was the film Martin Scorsese should have made instead of 'Gangs of New York.' " Mr. Helprin's book gets an asterisk, however, because it benefited from an e-mail campaign by a group of fans.

Of their 13 active pitchers on Tuesday, three were home-grown: Kenta Maeda, who gets an asterisk because he jumped from Japan directly into the major leagues, and relievers Jansen and Pedro Baez.

Do we really want the first woman president to be one who will get an asterisk next to her name, noting that her husband was a popular previous president whose light shone on his wife, enabling her ascent?

Joe Torre, for instance, always seemed to get an asterisk next to his record whenever someone evaluated the Yankees' reign over baseball for so many years in the late '90s and early 2000s.

We get a flood of material, for instance, to satisfy our Hunger For Memorable Anecdotes: the time Wallace's sister found him frying a rose 'for research'; the time he got an asterisk tattooed next to Mary's name so he could tattoo his wife's name further down his arm.

Every victory would have an asterisk.

Draw an asterisk measuring about 1/2 inch.

Everything she has achieved will now come with an asterisk.