Sentence examples for off referring from inspiring English sources

He managed to laugh off referring to corn as an "amber wave of grain" while in Iowa.

"When people come here, everybody's eyes are on the ocean," Mr. Haiku said before we set off, referring to the famous waves on Oahu's North Shore.

But in Iraq the people on the inside tipped them off," referring to the Iraqis and American operatives who were involved in manipulating the election.

Except for the execution, which he conceded was "ugly, on the field and off," referring to the emptying and windswept Stadium in the final innings.

He called the flag "offensive" and a "symbol of racism and slavery," but later backed off, referring to it as "a symbol of heritage".

"Gretzky's happy," Tikhonov told me straight off, referring to the Hall of Fame player and current Coyotes coach, "and that makes me happy".

A press release sent out in his name (which he won't have personally signed off) referred to bigots and was retracted.

The cut off refers to "t" in the right tail the weight function (Fig. 4).

To remove artifacts arising from fluctuations in the microscope system and detector photoresponsivity for each image, a second image was acquired, with the laser switched off, referred to as the background, B, and its average value was subtracted from the initial image (signal, S).

Knocking off refers to sliding and picking off any residual drywall compound, or burrs, that did not dry evenly the day before.

aAll references to the worst-off refer to those who are worst-off in terms of their health.