Sentence examples for key someone from inspiring English sources

Between tracks, the crowd emit Khaled catchphrases as if unconsciously: "major key", someone murmurs approvingly, "cloth talk" (a Khaledism that roughly translates to "wisdom that's going to tell you how to be successful") says another.

Two of the guys built a chess set out of the Corn Flakes boxes — they flattened one out and etched the grid into it with a key (someone had managed to hold on to his keys during the property confiscation), and then tore differently sized pieces out of another one and folded these so that they could pass for rooks, knights, bishops, and also stand up on the other, flattened box.

This effortlessness is key — someone who insists on dominating a social interaction but is visibly agitated about the ordeal can give truly bizarre mixed signals.

He wasted no time in opening the briefcase, which held various items with every group member's name on them: I got a thumb drive, someone got keys, someone got a book with drawings in it, and, mercifully, one girl got a flask that had instructions on it to share among the group.

Do we apply the same punishment — lock up a man and throw away the key — for someone who planned and coordinated a heinous act and for someone who was employed as a driver or cook for a terrorist?

"Composure is key for someone his age.

Attitude is the key thing: someone who really wants to turn their life around," says Harrod.

C SHARP is a brilliantly funny answer to the clue "Key for someone with 20/20 vision?," as is "Ones who are hurting?" for SADISTS.

But passing by last week, he discovered that he had accidentally left the key, and someone had opened the box and rooted around inside.

"It's sort of an heirloom, and maybe I don't feel right giving the key to someone outside the family," he said.

(In fact, she dedicates the book to the firm's 14,000 employees — a decent, humane gesture, but one that's rather off key for someone trying to maintain a professional distance).