Sentence examples for i derived from from inspiring English sources

Any joy I derived from my children was now conjoined with grief.

"What I derived from his personality, I can't see him being this violent or raping any person," he said.

We determined that we were unrelated: he was of blue-blooded Austrian extraction; I derived from immigrant Romanians.

Bollywood movies – especially those released in the 70s and 80s – are today often viewed as gaudy kitsch, but the pleasure I derived from titles such as Coolie, Naseeb and Sholay was entirely unironic.

I grew up in a lower-middle-class Queens neighborhood, and the most esoteric cultural advantage I derived from it is that of knowing the rush-hour shortcuts to both New York airports.

I am ready to believe that the sensations I derived from natural fornication were much the same as those known to normal big males consorting with their normal big mates in that routine rhythm which shakes the world.

I know I get rid of items prematurely, but the pleasure I derive from throwing a thing away probably outweighs the pleasure I'd derive from using that thing down the line.

The Amazon announcement made me realise how much comfort I derive from knowing the name and whereabouts of the shop from which online groceries ostensibly come.

His taste for happiness - what he called "the intense joy I derive from being alive" - was not blithe, but his deliberate weapon against rejection, boredom, stupidity and routine.

The other value I derive from detailed lists is that they help clarify what I ought not to be focused on.

I prefer the phrase "ergodic notation," which I derive from the game and literary theorist Espen J. Aarseth's phrase "ergodic literature".