Sentence examples for had long evinced from inspiring English sources

Each had long evinced an extraordinary self-confidence (coupled with a tendency to be dismissive of others) and a conviction that no social problem, however complex and seemingly intractable, could resist his or her applied power to solve it.

Boyle has long evinced a soft spot for villains, bad boys, con men, screw-ups, fools and jerks.

It's hardly surprising that Springsteen would appeal to writers, as his own lyrics have long evinced a certain novelistic quality.

With his contemptuous remarks about competitors, Larry Ellison has long evinced an arrogance and self-absorption not seen since the days of the Borgias.

In films as different as his autumnal masterpiece "Summer Hours" and his sensationally trashy cyber-thriller "demonlover," Assayas has long evinced a fascination with how globalization and technology are continually reshaping our relationships with the modern world, and with one another.

Gay men long evinced little interest in marriage as well.

Gardens have long been revered in the Persian social psyche, evinced by their role in Zoroastrian ritual, and continue to retain a centrality in modern Persian culture.

Though I was unaware of Stephen Fry's comments concerning the lack of discernment we Americans seem to evince in evaluating British actors, this subject has long been a source of great mirth among my set.

IN A fast-changing region, one thing has long been a constant: the utter disregard that the mafia dynasty ruling North Korea evinces for the welfare of ordinary people.

Yet the star turns in "Fences" by Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, as a long-married couple whose lives turn out differently from what they had hoped, evinced something close to awe among many of the Tony voters.

Neither as a student in England nor as a budding barrister in India had he evinced much interest in politics.