Sentence examples for perhaps picked up from inspiring English sources

The brisk tones of the former special-forces captain sit oddly with woolly clichés, perhaps picked up during his two decades in Britain's third party, the Liberal Democrats.

In a skinny black suit, he combines angular Englishness with a languid manner perhaps picked up in Los Angeles, where he sometimes lives.

Fans have been issued with centrally controlled strobing bracelets, a natty bit of inclusive staging that Mendes perhaps picked up after supporting Taylor Swift on tour in 2015.

It had a portfolio of more than 100 largely lower-priced labels that you have perhaps picked up on the way to a party, like Barefoot Cellars or Dark Horse wines.

He liked to sing his songs in the face of his listener, a trait perhaps picked up during his days as a busker, a music plugger and a singing waiter.

Nixon's speech was meant to be overly detailed — its disclosure of private financial minutiae was, he assured his audience, "unprecedented in the history of American politics" — but he also employed a technique perhaps picked up from some long-ago listening to Marc Antony's funeral oration for Caesar.

Perhaps picking up a whiff of disappointment, he added, "But I can still do this".

The Rays savored Thursday's day off, regrouping and perhaps picking up an extra pair of socks or doing laundry.

She was talking about my making human contact, perhaps picking up the sliver of insight, nothing more profound.

With summer entertaining season upon us, it seemed like a good time to brush up on my techniques, and perhaps pick up some new tricks.

In the meantime, some plan to look for odd jobs this winter: some carpentry work, perhaps picking up after an ice storm, or driving a snowplow.