Sentence examples for once perceived as from inspiring English sources

"Television was once perceived as a lesser medium," he says.

What was once perceived as so bright it was fake-looking is now considered fabulous.

Where nature was once perceived as hostile and disastrously potent, it is now fragile.

Investing in infrastructure, once perceived as a backwater, is also popular.

In that light, what was once perceived as a liability is now viewed as an advantage.

Suddenly the same ordinances that were once perceived as disincentives to growth were embraced as land preservation efforts, heightening demand.

But the last thing I want to be perceived as is a once-a-week pitcher, or a five- or six-inning pitcher.

Rendered as standard types of young soldiers, they were at once perceived not as portraits but as idealized superior beings, both because of their high rank and because they are souls beyond the grave.

Schools perceived as stronger blocked the way.

The Australian population once perceived desalinated water as environmentally unfriendly, and recycled water as a public health hazard.

The television screen, once perceived by adults as the gravest threat to the brains of their offspring, has been miniaturized, replicated and made even more addictively distracting: according to a 2010 Kaiser Family Foundation report, children age 8 to 18 spent 77 minutes more per day with entertainment media than they did 5 years earlier.