Sentence examples for outright like from inspiring English sources

And while the Aztecs copied certain Toltec forms outright, like the reclining figures called chacmool, they also cherished antique objects that they excavated from Toltec sites.

Mr. Dauman saw other benefits in owning a league outright, like profiting from pay-per-view, digital and international broadcasts, Bellator action figures and perhaps someday casting a Paramount film with Bellator fighters, for example.

But it did not sign such a deal on a series of Goldman Sachs securities called Abacus, nor for mortgage bonds it bought outright, like the $28 billion worth of securities included in its suit against Bank of America.

Much of the New Jersey Democratic leadership has been bought outright, like a streetwalker picked up by a sugar daddy in a big limo, loaded with more cash than many of these local politicians have ever seen.

So we shouldn't be very surprised if Bezos puts more value on those writers in his stable that belong to him outright, like those that have signed contracts with one of Amazon's own imprints.

Only a handful of levels offer the opportunity to fail outright, like escaping from rising lava, and while there's plenty of visual invention on display in campaigns dating from 1,000,000BC to 3072AD, there's sometimes so much occurring on screen that you'll be hard pressed to notice.

It's hard to see how a Stellar "gateway" is anything but an outright like-for-like replacement for, say, Coinbase.

There's one outright Kesha-like song on Nicki Minaj's album: "Check It Out," produced by will.i.am, on which her vocals are run through a tinny Auto-Tune-like effect.

And we will say outright that we like automobiles where form follows function, where space is efficiently used and where trim, seating, body treatments and the rest elicit zero rattles.

Don't ask him outright if he likes you.

There are Riedel glasses for Bordeaux or Brunello, for chardonnay or sauvignon blanc, for offbeat wines like Grüner Veltliner and for outright rarities like Kalterer See Auslese.