Sentence examples for rather dictated from inspiring English sources

Nobody sings better than she does, and the reason is that she sings from the heart,' " Garland wrote, or rather dictated, to Mr. Finklehoffe.

After a major Commons debate, it often devoted two full broadsheet pages to its report, written (or rather, dictated) by the amazing William Barkley.

Wolfe proposes that, during the heyday of such critics as Greenberg and Rosenberg, criticism no longer simply interpreted art, enlightening the viewer about it, but rather dictated to it, like an ideology: theoretical intervention became manipulative control of artistic practice.

"Vreeland Memos" gives Visionaire's usual deluxe publishing treatment to 200 memorandums written, or rather dictated (Mrs. Vreeland scorned typewriters, once demanding to know when one had ever been used to write a great love letter or suicide note) to the Vogue staff, including Baron Nicholas de Gunzburg, Grace Mirabella, Babs Simpson and Carrie Donovan.

"As life becomes increasingly complex, the kind of novel that tries to link the individual life with broad-canvas collective existence becomes more difficult to coordinate," Powers wrote in an e-mail message — or rather, dictated, since he uses the voice recognition software built into the Tablet PC operating system to compose everything, including his novels.

"It happened that we broke on top and I figured I would rather dictate the pace than have someone else do it.

Aaron and Zousmer have been discussing it most of the day, and have usually found in the news a pattern that suggests a suitable subject for the endpiece, which Murrow writes — or, rather, dictates — himself, filling it out with background material supplied by C.B.S. correspondents in the field.

Then, it will adapt through malleability, and thus, a new hook shall be developed that does not forego the use of new materials but rather dictates how they should be formed to have properties to endure and make it feasible.

Many people, including me, think that the AKP, the party in power, no longer serves us but rather dictates to us.

In his mature portraiture, however, Hogarth's love of theatre usually informed his technique rather than dictated his subject matter.

"The time I invest in a film isn't a choice but rather something dictated by the subject matter," he says.