Sentence examples for pitched from inspiring English sources

Others, such as Rep Michele Bachmann and Senator Ted Cruz, revelled in the government shutdown, then pitched a fit when they discovered that the parks and memorials in DC's care weren't open (logic isn't a Tea Party virtue).

We were never really in Livingstone's big tent, just pitched on the same campsite.

He and my father had pitched their tent in the stolen corner of a farmer's lot, and so it was from inside the fence that my brother saw, not 10 feet away from him, the newborn calf slither on to the grass, unfurl its legs, and stand.

The $11,000 price tag – including GST – is pitched just below the $12,000 threshold at which political donations have to be disclosed to the Australian Electoral Commission.

There are rumours of shipwrecks buried hundreds of metres below where I was pitched, and tales of Vikings turning their ships in a nearby bay to redouble their efforts at invading Britain.

Spector are being pitched, it is said, as "somewhere between Roxy Music and the Strokes, the Killers and Kanye West, Pulp and R&B and Frank Sinatra".

Just the other week, an Indiana legislator pitched a hissy fit over the girl scouts, the US version of the girl guides, accusing them of promoting lesbianism and feminism and, worst of all, working hand in glove with Planned Parenthood.

Instead, Lily is pitched at skiers and snowboarders, athletes and other active types: a hovering alternative to strapping a GoPro camera to their helmets, with the benefit of shooting footage of them, rather than just a first-person viewpoint.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook has pitched health as one of the key selling points for his company's upcoming Apple Watch smartwatch, including its hourly reminders to owners to be more active.

McGowan has pitched herself as the anti-Mirabella candidate.

Intonation, meaning the pattern of the pitch changes in a voice, is very important with male voices that are low pitched and follow a rising melodic trend being deemed particularly untrustworthy.