Sentence examples for mind span from inspiring English sources

The six I have in mind span geography and time, from Rajput India to Rococo Europe, from 19th-century Micronesia to 1950s Manhattan.

Indian Buddhist analyses of the mind span a period of some fifteen centuries, from the earliest discourses of the Buddha (ca. 450 B.C.E). to the systematic developments of late Mahāyāna Buddhism (500 1000 C.E).

Julia's mind spanned the western half of the nation, situating herself the night before — as if providing an alibi — in Colorado, in her hotel room, at the time of the crime.

His first film as director, the clever "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," spans the '60s through the '80s as it follows Chuck Barris's tall tale about being a C.I.A. assassin in his spare time from "The Gong Show".

"We're basically competing for mind space and attention span with people who are thinking about buying a new car or a new gadget," Ms. Kuraishi said.

"Sixty-two is old enough to focus your mind on the span that's likely to be allotted to you," he said.

His mind can easily span these different entities, it seems, without ever developing the vertigo you'd expect inherent in the question "How did I get here?" Or to put it another way, he has knitted his life into a narrative that, at base, is much the same as anyone else who ever looked back on their decisions with a sense of fait accompli.

He had a longer span in mind.

The reactors were built with a 40-year life span in mind, though they may be recertified.

THOUGH ancient Egyptian artists set their sights on eternity, modern-day curators have a much shorter time span in mind.

Offliners will decry what they consider the degradation of the human mind: its splintered attention span, the struggle to concentrate, the thrum of digital excitation pervading every wakeful minute.