Sentence examples for means was a from inspiring English sources

"I by no means was a slut," she said.

Mr. Means was a salesman at Tiffany's at the time, and homesick.

He said paying ransoms, by whatever means, was a bad idea.

Such had been the horrors of World War I that pacifism, and the avoidance of war by any means, was a dominant theme of the interwar years.

This time, the means was a truck; the place was Nice; but the grief, the horror, the fear are the same as before.

Mr. Cramer confirmed that Machiavelli, known for his assertion that the ends can justify the means, was a major influence for him, but he said he was not sure why that was relevant to a political commercial.

And "cool" now means being a "tomboy".

He means be a bit racist; he means be a bit sexist.

What means testing generally means is a lot more bureaucracy.

What it isn't, by any means, is a "routine".

It means being a diversity champion in the legal profession.