Sentence examples for lamppost for from inspiring English sources

As the old line goes, they're using evidence the way a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.

"The reason we think of viruses as negative entities is that physicians are the drunks looking under the lamppost for their keys," Wolfe has written.

When the information provided is used (this was one of David Ogilvy's favourite quotations) "… as a drunk uses a lamppost: for support rather than illumination".

Randy McIntyre, who was clinging to a lamppost for a view, said the best thing Prince Charles could do for the monarchy would be to give up the throne to William after the queen's death.

We know Hollywood executives use statistics the way a dog uses a lamppost – for support rather than illumination, as the old joke goes – but let us note that Brave has set the second biggest June debut in history behind Pixar stablemate Toy Story 3, which opened in 2010 on $110.3m.

Although hardly a gentle man, Maillard helped suppress by force of character the mob's worst instincts; he rescued the hôtels quartermaster, the Abbé Lefèvre, who had been strung up on a lamppost for trying to safeguard its stores.

Tutors advertise on lampposts for after-school courses to prep the college aspirant for the most seductive, winning common app.

She has made ceramics based on the temporary signs put up on lampposts for missing cats with detachable phone numbers.

Bernardin used to ride a bike, while cataloguing bishop's-crook lampposts (for the Friends of Cast-Iron Architecture) and freestanding clock faces.

He spent seven years restoring 100 antique cast-iron lampposts for his "Urban Light" sculpture, recently installed at the entry pavilion of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Your article about Thomas Ng's flier blanketing as part of an effort to cheer up his friend Gary ("Who Is Gary and Why Are People Saying Such Nice Things to Him?," Feb. 27) did not mention that this activity is illegal, as the use of public owned lampposts for advertising requires a permit from the Department of Transportation.