Sentence examples for mainstay a from inspiring English sources

Backers of the measure insist that prostitution is a societal mainstay, a commodity in perennial demand.

Melissa Ormond, chief operating officer of MSG Entertainment, which operates the theater, said the band is "a mainstay, a staple of the Beacon and everything it stands for".

Cynics pointed out that the deal will help the monastery's financial mainstay, a vegetarian restaurant that serves two fixed-price meals (the deluxe meal, $12.80 in United States dollars, is excellent; the $7.70 basic meal is mediocre).

Hitchcock, alas, never recorded that DVD mainstay, a director's running commentary, and most breathing directors don't have Hitchcock's ability to elucidate their craft; many end up talking about the weather or the catering wagon.

Melissa Ormond, the chief operating officer of MSG Entertainment, told The New York Times last March that the band was "a mainstay, a staple of the Beacon and everything it stands for".

In the Bronx apartment house where she lived for nearly half a century, Ethel Parish was a mainstay, a woman whose good will was often cloaked by a slightly overbearing concern for conditions in her building.

Fernandez has been a headline mainstay this year in Miami.

They are like a mainstay to a ruined building and a doctor to an incurable disease.

Aggression, anger, arrogance can all play a part, and adrenaline is a mainstay on a bike.

For the Bongiovi family, football is a mainstay in a schedule that includes family get-togethers and Sunday dinners.

Stelling has been a mainstay of a lot of things we've built our attack around.