Sentence examples for gist of something from inspiring English sources

The normal mind is good at recognizing the gist of something but poor at recalling details.

Deep reading isn't how we approach looking for news or information, or trying to get the gist of something.

'At some point it was decided that languages were not in school to prepare simultaneous translators and being able to get the gist of something was more important.

She said: I'm going to give you the gist of something I wrote for the current mayor, Boris Johnson, when I felt that he didn't understand what being green was all about...I actually made him sit down and read it.

Right now the app is mostly word for word translation, useful if you're looking to get the gist of something like a dish on a menu or what a road sign says.

She tells you exactly what her despicable husband, Richard, said when she found out that he had destroyed telegrams telling her of her father's death, but little else that he says is recorded (though there is much indirect reporting of the gist or the effect of something that he has said).

On their mother's instructions, they were supposed to let lie all the presumed horrors, and not ask him anything directly about his past, and so the gist of the conversation was something like "I like potatoes, Peabo.... Do you like potatoes?" He answered these questions the same way every time, with a solemn nod of his head and "I do".

The gist of their befuddlement goes something like, "But he is hot...so, like, how?" The fact that these women puzzle over Underwood's virginity like toddlers trying to solve a complex riddle grossly perpetuates the idea that hot people are more likely to have, and are more deserving of, fulfilling love and sex lives.

The gist of their befuddlement goes something like, "but he is hot...so, like, how?" The fact that these women puzzle over Colton's virginity like toddlers trying to solve a complex riddle grossly perpetuates the idea that hot people are more likely to have, and are more deserving of, fulfilling love and sex lives.

The following video was put together by Something Awful (who rated the game -27), it doesn't give the full gist of the game but like any Something Awful video it has its moments.

The remaining replies to tourist queries are phrased in ways that defy polite paraphrase, but the gist is something along the lines of bite on this.