Sentence examples for kind of defined from inspiring English sources

And music has really kind of defined digital entertainment.

"But being a backup, not playing much, it kind of defined him.

There's a kind of defined role, very often a maternal one, which is filled with cultural references going back to tribal beliefs and which officially gives women a certain status within the society.

"We were able to create a set of ratings based on a model of our target voters, as opposed to the broader categories that are kind of defined by traditional advertising ratings," he said.

"Gary's music has a particular kind of defined strangeness that works well because it is so completely open-ended," said Jerry Harrison, the former Talking Heads keyboard and guitar player who produced the recording and has occasionally toured with Gods and Monsters.

Of those still offering some kind of defined benefit provision, most only offered career average or cash balance benefits rather than traditional final salary pensions.

"You can kind of define yourself by your name," Dr. García said.

That wound up kind of defining the targets.

The same kinds of defined contribution plans, they figured, could work at larger self-insured employers, even though these big companies and their employees would not get quite the same tax advantages.

Schmidt in particular was a believer in these kinds of defining moments.

"In New York's political history, some mayors have not fared well in these kinds of defining moments," said John H. Mollenkopf, director of the Center for Urban Research at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.