Sentence examples for lessons driven from inspiring English sources

One of the lessons driven home after Hurricane Katrina — in which an estimated 200,000 animals were displaced — was that some residents risked, and lost, their lives rather than leave a beloved pet behind.

One of the lessons driven home by Chernobyl, Schauer said, is that contamination of food products is a major human-health concern.

So in the 1970's, he rode a bus to New York, began taking acting lessons, drove a cab and moved into a single-room-occupancy hotel.

Drama school elocution lessons drove away his cockney accent, though he briefly drops into his original voice to illustrate a point – "frew vair" – and you suddenly get a glimpse of who he might have been if the acting bug hadn't taken hold.

The lessons drive home subtle techniques, like using the word "opportunity" rather than "deal".

The lesson driven home by the recent attacks, a senior United States government official said, is that "the terrorists can attack anywhere, and the civilized world has to be ready to defend everywhere".

It's easy to miss opportunities if you're not attentive, a lesson driven home by legendary coach Phil Jackson.

To have this lesson driven home, pounded into us by the Pacific waves, was a lesson worth facing our fears for.

The lesson drove him to spearhead the consolidation movement that in 1898 increased the city's territory five-fold.

My father was absolutely gutted – they had paid for these lessons and driven me to them.

These lessons were driven home in the Tet offensive of 1968, when North Vietnamese regulars and Communist guerrillas, the Vietcong, attacked scores of military targets and provincial capitals throughout South Vietnam, only to be thrown back with overwhelming losses.