Sentence examples for quickly defining from inspiring English sources

VATICAN CITY — Buffeted by a sexual abuse scandal that is quickly defining his papacy, Pope Benedict XVI marked the fifth anniversary of his election on Monday by telling a group of cardinals that he did not feel alone at the head of what he called a "wounded and sinner" church.

Let's start by quickly defining sentience and intelligence (at least for this discussion).

Since then, what challenges he has faced have been quickly defined as counter-revolutionary, and public dissent rigorously controlled.

He says the world must quickly define a "common sense of purpose" for Paris, or hazard failure a second time.

Always central to Chinese thought is the concept of Chi, which, quickly defined, is the invisible vital energy or life force that flows through everything.

"I drew a line pretending that the colored maps showed this, and a hue and cry went up" as the tribes affirmed his quickly defined boundaries, he said.

It can quickly define the political debate, whether candidates like it or not, and a single 140-character missive can turn into a nightmare.

As the last remaining candidate to assume the highly transient mantle of the official anti-Romney, Mr. Santorum had to be quickly defined by his opponents.

Obama's opponents moved quickly to characterize the answer as a gaffe: Mitt Romney said that he had "demonstrated a dangerous naïveté." The publicity forced his aides to quickly define a Cuba policy.

Three years ago, when the financial crisis first hit, the German government, like the rest of Europe, quickly defined the problem as an Anglo-Saxon one, and blamed America and Britain.

But at a minimum it quickly defined the boundaries of what is likely to be a high-powered Washington lobbying battle in coming months over the outlines of future device regulation.