Sentence examples for he was designating from inspiring English sources

In a series of events in the Las Vegas area on Friday, President Obama said he was designating $1.5 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program to develop assistance programs in five of the most troubled states, including Nevada.

B5 Farewell, Corpse Flower Borough President Fernando Ferrer said he was designating the day lilly the official Bronx flower, an honor held since 1939 by the Amorphophallus titanum, a giant plant that blooms only once every 30 years or so -- and when it does gives off an odor evocative of rotting flesh.

Shortly after, he was designated for assignment.

He was designated the Olympic team captain.

After the game, he was designated for assignment.

He was designated to be the chief intermediary between Sterling and Madoff.

He was in a 2-for-48 slump when he was designated for assignment June 24.

In 1998 he was designated principal guest conductor of the New York Philharmonic.

He was designated a "living national treasure" by the Japanese government in 1996.

He was designated last year to take over religious leadership of the church.

After two years of flight training, he was designated a naval aviator in March 1960.