Sentence examples for principled with from inspiring English sources

Jerry knew his son was hardheaded and principled with a fierce love for the game.

Philosophical indifference to neuroscientific detail became "principled" with the rise and prominence of functionalism in the 1970s.

He imports — and collaborates with — serious Japanese talent at Matsugen, a principled restaurant with remarkable prix fixe deals at lunch and dinner.

Thinking and learning through principled discussions with an enemy is an opportunity, not a trap.

Ed Balls (@edballsmp) RIP Tony Benn, a great orator & campaigner, principled but with a streak of mischief.

This smartly edited collection gets him at his best, a principled conservative with an eye out for the fatuous.

Although it's Alicia, Julianna Margulies's character, who carries the show, Diane has emerged as its surprising moral center — tough, liberal, flawed but essentially principled — and with a sexy boyfriend to boot.

On America's role in the world and the use of military force, it is hard to detect in Gates's record many far-reaching, principled differences with the present administration.

"By withdrawing his threat to veto the NDAA, President Obama has abandoned yet another principled position with little or nothing to show for it," Parker said.

But the conventional wisdom remained that these were principled gestures with little chance of upending the entrenched system of white rule.

But it's the latter-day Van's unfussy charm and principled resolve with family, co-workers and a new romantic interest (a luminous Annabella Sciorra) that keeps us invested in the man and his unique success.