Sentence examples for measured phrases from inspiring English sources

Mr. Vajpayee, who usually speaks in measured phrases, spoke harshly on Feb. 6 at a memorial for Indian soldiers killed last summer in Kashmir, saying that India would strike back if Pakistan hit first.

"My statements about the holy Prophet, peace be upon him, were made in his praise only, and these have now been twisted out of context," he said in measured phrases.

These events gave new meaning to a proclamation made in a pamphlet commissioned by the developers in boom times: "If ever the future can be studied from the past, New Orleans, augmented by its last remaining section, is surely destined for a tomorrow that neither the facile pen of the journalist nor the measured phrases of a lawyer can express.

Mr. Payton explored the theme with measured phrases, exhausting one idea before adopting the next; his solo gave the impression of searching a house, room by room.

Reyes, with her wide-eyed gaze, seems wholly supported by the music, whirled into multiple pirouettes on its airy currents, while Hallberg evinces a graver joy, balancing perfectly measured phrasing with unhurried technical precision.

For instance, in our research, which we conducted over email, we measured specific phrases, common questions, and greetings that frontline workers use with customers.

His research foci include plurality, comparatives, measure phrases, and intonational focus.

Herds of Wildebeest, Flasks of Vodka, Heaps of Trouble: An Embodied Construction Grammar Approach to English Measure Phrases.

It uses four-measure phrases with a I-III-II-I-VI chord progression.

Mr. Woods played "I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams," long associated with Louis Armstrong, with thoughtfulness and grace, measuring his phrases.

When Jimmy Scott delivered a ballad such as The Masquerade is Over, Angel Eyes or his signature tune, Everybody's Somebody's Fool, in that distinctive high, pain-filled voice, measuring his phrases against a dead-slow tempo, listeners were left in little doubt that the emotion was drawn directly from his own experience.