Sentence examples for original meaning from inspiring English sources

They lose their original meaning and whatever power they originally had and become oppressive and dull.

For Justice Scalia that means, first and foremost, to elucidate the original meaning of the text.

Does that mean that decimation should refer only to this original meaning?

In many cases, the original meaning is even forgotten.

That, however, is the original meaning of "plethora".

But the original meaning has been transformed strikingly.

I like the original meaning better - joyful," he says.

The term "commute" derives from its original meaning of "to change to another less severe".

Or the original meaning of 'apocalypse': the lifting of the veil".

Liberal is about as likely to regain its original meaning as awful is.

Sometimes Mr. McClatchy makes a point of being as close to the original meaning as possible.