Sentence examples for imported like from inspiring English sources

High-end frills — which tend to be imported, like Italian marble or mahogany — may be doomed to stay on the dock or in the showroom.

Mr. Meyer's winter menus include dishes that straddle the indigenous and the imported, like line-caught Long Island swordfish with cauliflower (also from Long Island) and chicory (from Florida), dressed with Meyer lemon (California) and topped with wedges of blood orange (California again).

Four of the five boroughs are represented (sorry, Queens), although the majority of the chosen species are Bridge and Tunnel plants — imported, like commuters, from their contemporary suburban habitats in New Jersey and Long Island, having long since been priced or frightened out of the city.

Some of these imports, like automotive airbags and synthetic drugs, can be lethal.

In 2002 CSK cranked up its sales of flashy Asian imports like racing seat covers and 300-watt speakers.

Shoppers will find seasonal items like fresh herbs and vegetables, imported ingredients like honey, salt and olive oils.

However, imported cases like this one are not likely to contribute to the spread of WNV infection in Europe.

If they do not try to defend the rupee, important imports like oil will become very expensive and slow the economy further.

Some imported products, like Purina pet food, have vanished entirely.

In the United States, Surrealism has always had an imported aura, like fabulously smelly French cheese.

There are even some excellent imported olives, like kalamata and nicoise, which come in jars.