Sentence examples for or craze from inspiring English sources
Nostalgia for 1980s toys is not the whole story, however, as the author also delves into the histories of marbles, the Hula-Hoop or Tamagotchi, generously stretching his definition of what constituted a fad or craze for comic purposes.
It's just that they're at an age when gathering for any purpose outside of school is a lark, and they can't help frittering away their time gossiping, spinning records, dancing to the latest beat or craze or whatever it is, their thin arms flailing, hair in motion, legs going like pogo sticks.
(Incidentally, I asked if there was a danger that the resin could melt in the sun - I pictured it slithering down off its plinth and crawling across Trafalgar Square like a horrible resin lava flow. But no, she laughed, it might crack or craze but it won't melt. Nor, she believes, will it kill pigeons).
"Consumers should not let a new fashion or craze cloud their judgement and remain vigilant at all times," said Leon Livermore, chief executive of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.
Emigration was denounced as an unreasoning "mania" or "craze", implanted in an ignorant populace by "outside agents".
Is there a new trend or craze that's particularly hot right now such as a food or travel issue?
"I sometimes think my life has been a series of fads or crazes," he once wrote.
Intrinsic softening is the dominant factor in the initiation of plastic localisation phenomena like necking, shear band formation or crazing.
A spectrum of simulations demonstrates that the use of barrier-type crack driving forces in the phase field modeling of fracture, governed by accumulated plastic strains in metals or crazing strains in polymers, provide results in very good agreement with experiments.
It is to 'plasticise' the mix, reducing the amount of gauging water required, giving the mix additional strength and flexibility to prevent it cracking or crazing during a more controlled drying out period.
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