Sentence examples for passage or a from inspiring English sources

The metaphor of building bridges is often used to note a rite of passage or a step toward the future.

Occasionally he exempts a passage, or a complete particular poem, from his mocking strictures, but in general one learns to expect — and even, in a slightly shameful way, like a member of the crowd at a Roman circus, to demand — the final turning of the emperor's thumb down, and the consigning of another poet to oblivion.

Mr. Heyward, who is divorced with two grown children and now works as a maintenance worker for the New York City Housing Authority, said he hoped that young people would read the book "so they can see that going to jail is not a rite of passage or a badge of honor".

If you are trying to find a passage or a factoid you once read but can't remember the book no matter how hard you wrack your brain, the ability to search your personal library can come in handy.

Those participants randomly assigned to one of the two test conditions took either a computer-paced 10-item standard multiple-choice test (lasting 4.17 min, 25 s per question) following their reading of each passage or a 10-item confidence-weighted multiple-choice test (lasting 4.17 min, 25 s per question) following their reading of each passage.

Life is a goal, not a passage or a receding image of what once was.

I agree with President Obama that people need to "dispel the myth that bullying is just a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing up".

Ideally, having a child should be an active choice, not an unexamined rite of passage or an accident.

"Bullying is not just a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing up," the president said.

We have to dispel the myth that bullying is just a normal rite of passage, or an inevitable part of growing up".

When he found a passage, or even a whole chapter, too boring or obscure, he just skipped it.