Sentence examples for nostalgic state from inspiring English sources

The essays written in a nostalgic state were judged more imaginative and creative (storytellers, professional nostalgics, have long intuited this, not to mention poets).

In one study, Wildschut and Sedikides induced a nostalgic state in a group of Greek students at the university, using songs and so on.

Somewhat more worryingly, however, the products and food of other countries were "also denigrated much more sharply than if a nostalgic state had not been induced".

If someone is in a nostalgic state of mind, he must buy a record and turn it over to the "underlid . . . a re-release of the pretty, soft-beat cha-cha weeper click of a while back" ("a while back," in current New Sound usage, is one or two years), or find "on the flip . . . a lilting reworking of the tender folk chestnut".

(The title, according to the introduction, rather refers to a nostalgic state of mind).

But that is posed in a redemption sequence: 'I lost my grandmother, but we went to the funeral and realised how close we are as a family.'" In strongly nostalgic states, individuals are shown to be more likely to commit to volunteering or other expressions of altruism.

They fear and loath the federal government, which, in their view, can do nothing right, while they simultaneously favor, even wax nostalgic over, state and local governments, which, purely because of their smaller scale and proximity to individual citizens, can do no wrong.

Imagine getting nostalgic about this state's government.

I played all the way through The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D in a state of nostalgic ecstasy.

It's the epitome of Burial's ability to make everything sound stunningly nostalgic and emulate a state of saudade through a sense of pining and loss, without ever coming across as sentimental.

Mr. Cuomo has a passionate if at times nostalgic view of the state's history, and he implored lawmakers to return New York to its previous glory, to an era when it was not a symbol of shame and scandal, a period that, in his version of history, typically ends on the day his father left office.