Sentence examples for less adopt from inspiring English sources

Comically, Lowell and Bishop more or less adopt the younger poet Frank Bidart, who catered to Lowell during his endless revisions (or perhaps encouraged his manic over-revision — "spoiling by polishing," Lowell called it) and proved Johnny-on-the-spot after Bishop moved to Boston.

People of lower socioeconomic position have been found to smoke more, exercise less, have poorer diets, comply less well with therapy, use medical services less, adopt fewer safety measures, ignore health advice more, and be less health-conscious overall, than their more affluent peers [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18].

"It was a small seven-year-old boy who more or less adopted us," she said, chuckling.

When Max is in repose, he reveals haunting glimpses of the frightened little boy who was more or less adopted by Suzanna's parents at age 10.

He had retired by then, his wife had left him, and, at loose ends, he more or less adopted his brother Ed's family — Ed Jr. especially.

He tells us about his mother, and about how he was more or less adopted, as a young man, by Oscar Hammerstein II, a kindness that probably saved his life.

Lionel is one of the "Minna Men", a ragged group of four orphans whom Minna more or less adopted as teenagers from the neighbourhood boys' home.

Guillen's parents divorced when he was nine, and he was more or less adopted by a man who happened to be the uncle of the Hall of Fame shortstop Luis Aparicio.

"I got to know the Ellington band-pack in the early forties," Short said, "when I was living in Los Angeles and was more or less adopted by Harold Brown, a pianist and the brother of Lawrence Brown, Ellington's trombonist.

This approach has led to a curious bond between Mr. Means and his clients, some of whom have more or less adopted him once their real estate needs are met.

Mr Erdogan more or less adopted it as his own, if only to retain the IMF's support.The government's third big success in recent years has been in fiscal policy.