Sentence examples for procuring something from inspiring English sources

In the slum of Petare in the metropolitan area of the capital, Caracas, refrigerators remain empty, supermarket queues grow longer and the necessity of procuring something to eat drives young people to violence.

I'm going to procure something caffeinated.

A bit scarred by an initial venture into the land of shrinking lobster rolls Monday, the goal Tuesday was to procure something approaching an actual meal.

"That kind of allure of the impossible challenge to procure something like spider silk that doesn't come close to anything we've done with 100 years of polymer engineering and that kind of lit the fire.

As an adult I have lived in the city on and off for a decade, and in that time me and my fang have ferreted out some of the best and most intriguing places to procure something sweet.

Members of Congress must rebuff the well-turned-out lobbyists who are sure to press them to go slow on the president's wishes, to keep our 35-40% top rates that make exemptions and loopholes specially procured worth something.

I wanted something with meaning, not merely something procured because it was convenient.

At an American party, a former student of French from Minnesota, now running a shady enterprise, an agency which specialized in bribery, private undercover investigations, and procuring broads for V.I.P.s, said something highly emotional about the City of Man, about the meaning of Europe for Americans, the American failure to preserve human scale.

Background checks are only required when procuring weapons from those licensed dealers – something Obama doubled down on this week.

"That any woman procuring an abortion is potentially facing a prison sentence of life under legislation dating from 1861 is patently something that needs looking at carefully," she said.

As Saudi Arabia was being transformed in the oil boom of the twentieth century from a patchwork of tribal oases and desert wastes to something resembling a modern nation-state, the Saudi monarchy's priorities were building palaces ahead of schools and procuring automobiles before they had paved roads.