Sentence examples for i'd adopt from inspiring English sources

Generally, I'd adopt a conversational tone, but one that doesn't go overboard.

"I'd adopt a Pol Pot-solution: herd the inhabitants out to some remote rural spot, raze the whole thing, let it revert to jungle and start again".Until just a couple of years ago, the city used to have rush hours.

New to the game, I thought I'd adopt the accidental shoplifter approach.

I'd adopted my second child, and had time at home".

This was a new tactic, one I'd adopted when Nixon started to lose his magic: random questions about woodworking, timed to achieve maximum emotional distraction.

When I told Dad I'd adopted a new name, I think he was slightly gutted because he's proud of the family name.

I wanted to think that this wasn't really me, just some dumb, bumptious persona I'd adopted, which, to some extent, it was.

A mutt I'd adopted in the Caribbean, Zeke was the friendliest dog you could hope to meet (that's why I dragged such a scraggly creature home with me), until my first son, Zane, was born.

My walk slowed from the 1920s newsreel pace I'd adopted in the theme parks to a leisurely saunter as I strolled past the craft shops and galleries and eclectic restaurants of the main street, Park Avenue.

"I'd heard this story from a high school friend over the summer," he confesses, "and thought it was remarkable, so I'd adopted it and given it wings — I added the bit about the shirt — and told it every chance I got.

She could not have understood the fierce protectiveness I'd adopted after her dad's death.