Sentence examples for managed to refine from inspiring English sources

Behind this facade however, he maintained that the same old powers were still at work and, indeed, that through their tolerance of dissent, debate, apparent cultural and political freedom had managed to refine and increase their exploitation of human labour power without anyone really noticing.

Nishida once said of his work, "I have always been a miner of ore; I have never managed to refine it" (Nishida 1958, Preface).

Popularity comes and goes, but if you manage to refine and distil and get better, that's the thing.

Before RealDolls manages to refine and sell its robots, with their lubricated mouths and their custom eye colours, there are entrepreneurs who are competing right now to market their own versions first.

The battle for control of the Indian Ocean was the last great naval campaign against the French, and Taylor manages to refine accounts from the captain's log book, diaries and letters into a narrative as thrilling as anything by Patrick O'Brian.

In World War II, he said, "We managed to either invent or refine jet propulsion, nuclear weapons, radar, radio communication, electronics in three years and eight months".

As her political profile's shot upward, her closet's managed to get even more refined, whether it's tailored blouses, skirts, and dresses she wears for day or the showstopping gowns she pulls out for big-ticket events.

In her etchings Isabel Bishop managed to make even caricature look refined, as she does in the 1946 "Tidying Up," a picture of a woman examining her teeth in a mirror.

The latest generation is a refinement on last year's model, but it does manage to truly refine things in every way that matters.

His clinician somehow managed to convince the patient that he had: 'a new super refined, double strength product', but instead administered saline injections.

By offering to refine the bill here and there and to make other commitments, they managed to get more and more support among skeptical Hispanic and Black Caucus members, who fear that curbing unbridled fund-raising will hurt their communities.