Sentence examples for passage sought from inspiring English sources
Global warming is opening summer sea lanes through the ice, along the north-west passage sought by Martin Frobisher and the north-east one sought by Hugh Willoughby.
The United States, assured of the resolution's passage, sought the greatest possible majority among the 15 Council members for its plan to remain in control of Iraq until a constitution is drafted and ratified, elections are held, and a stable government is in place.
Here was a stanza beside which I'd written in the margin, in a penmanship larger and somehow more hopeful-looking than my present hand, "Brilliant!" I stared and stared at the passage, seeking to reawaken a distant excitement: What did he see in it?
These passages sought to explain the suffering of God's servants by tracing the origins and mechanisms of evil and promising the righteous an ultimate vindication.
While the manual has a somewhat clinical tone -- one section bears the heading "Guidelines for Beating and Killing Hostages" -- some passages seek to justify coldblooded deeds.
A passage was sought between the tensor fasciae latae (lateral) and the sartorius muscles (medial).
The reader can estimate, by eye, the best place to open the book, judging from the proximity to the end of the book of the passage being sought.
The performance artist interacting with gender sculptures and the environment through the third medium of film staked an unmarked middle passage of seeking gender equality through the unexpected humor, sourced in a pleasurably proactive act defining the neo-modern woman.
But probably his worst relations with a president came when Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton sought passage of national health insurance.
Oracle's suit contended that stolen software and expertise were in SAP's Safe Passage program, which sought to lure former PeopleSoft and Siebel users.
WASHINGTON — No one was more critical than Representative Mark Steven Kirk when President Obama and the Democratic majority in the Congress sought passage last year of a $787 billion spending bill intended to stimulate the economy.
