Sentence examples for idea of a certain from inspiring English sources

Ellington had an idea of a certain kind of jazz: tonal, atmospheric, blues-based but elegant.

The second claim is that an emotional feeling is identical to the bodily sensations that manifest it: "A feeling in essence is an idea -- an idea of the body and, even more particularly, an idea of a certain aspect of the body, its interior, in certain circumstances.

I'm never keen on the slightly treacly bitterness of dark sugar with chocolate, but I do like the idea of a certain toffee sweetness, so, as with my own chocolate cake recipe, I'm going to use soft light brown sugar instead.

Both early and contemporary pragmatists reject the idea of a certain Truth that can be discovered through logical analysis or revelation, and are more interested in knowledge gained through experiences of all sorts, while emphasizing the social context of all epistemological claims.

Gjelina is a perfected idea of a certain Los Angeles, complete with relaxed outdoor seating around a fire pit, impossibly good-looking waiters, and an entire farmers market worth of perfect vegetables snatched smoking from the grill.

"What I was interested in doing is deflecting this idea of a certain line of questioning or a certain representational show that is so often associated with a group show organized around identity matrixes," Sahakian declared to HuffPost.

Simple ideas, whether they are ideas of perception or ideas of reflection, may be combined or repeated to produce "compound ideas," as when the compound idea of an apple is produced by bringing together simple ideas of a certain colour, texture, odour, and figure.

How the entire idea of dismissing a certain number of the prosecutors originated.

What Nusseibeh represents is the persistence of the idea of compromise, a certain sympathy not only with his own people but with the Other.

More what I kind of hooked onto was this idea of being a certain age and then, through your kids and your living circumstances, maybe having to make new friends.

I love the idea of smelling a certain way and having people think of you whenever they smell gardenia or whatever the floral note.