Sentence examples for off the strong from inspiring English sources

Investors shrugged off the strong profits because of such concerns.

When I relighted the fridge, it no longer gave off the strong fumes.

It is possible he will attend the game to show off the strong links between the two countries.

Shigeru Ono, a retired oil company manager who won a small following blogging on deflation's virtues, can tick off the strong yen's advantages, including lower prices for shirts made in Vietnam and the Chinese flat-screen television he bought recently.

Hana had just showered, and her damp hair was twisted in a clip on top of her head; her heated skin gave off the strong smell of her perfume or her shower gel.

For all these reasons, the dollar may have to fall much farther before America's imbalances are unwound.Perhaps this is why European stockmarkets seem to have shrugged off the strong euro, rising this week to their highest levels this year.

He would also have been able to exchange off one of the strong white bishops.

Downey comes off the stronger.

They started off the stronger side, but were continually caught offside, losing heart quickly.

Not even the brilliant tactics of Lee in the East or of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in the West could indefinitely hold off the stronger Northern armies.

Some polling firms, especially those that use less rigorous methodologies, cheat off the stronger ones — seeing what the consensus results are before weighing in on their own.