Sentence examples for quietly shaped from inspiring English sources

Cameron's two-day visit to Afghanistan has been quietly shaped by the fallout from the WikiLeaks revelations.

That speaks to the survival skills of Mr. Surdoval, a Yonkers native who has quietly shaped city politics from behind the scenes for a dozen years.

These modest clubs and venues have quietly shaped music histories, and nurtured communities "away from the mainstream" – here, gay people created secure, exploratory spaces, goths came out of the dark, even straight men wore makeup.

Judith A. Rizzo, the deputy schools chancellor who has quietly shaped education policy in New York City since 1995, has resigned to become the director of a new education institute in Chapel Hill, N.C.

On Monday, when Madison Square Garden in Manhattan hosts the 2010 Westminster Dog Show, the most prestigious event on the thoroughbred canine calendar, money will quietly play a role in determining the winner, just as money quietly shaped the field of contenders — and just as money shapes almost every nook and cranny of the dog show business.

A handful of experiences rocked my world; some quietly shaped me (for better or worse) into the nearly-50-year-old standing here today.

So a new cross-border power group is quietly shaping up.This week the French finance minister, Christine Lagarde, indicated that she would consider selling further shares in EDF, after the sale of 2.5% on Monday.

WASHINGTON — When Representative Frank D. Lucas arrived in Washington in 1994, he was less concerned with building a name for himself around the Capitol than with quietly shaping the agricultural policy that is the bread and butter of his constituents in rural western Oklahoma.

This white elephant is the Internet refrigerator from South Korea's LG Electronics, and it represents LG's first shot into what is quietly shaping up to be the next great battle in network-aware home appliances: The kitchen.

The Washington Post headline read, "Meet the billionaire hedge fund manager quietly shaping the GOP gay marriage debate".

But when you read big, puffy pieces like the USA Today piece, or this one in the Washington Post about how he's "quietly shaping" the GOP on gay marriage, and read the HRC's accolades, you can't help but think they're meant to play to GOP moderates who might feel icky voting for the GOP now because of its homophobia and who want to feel better about doing it.