Sentence examples for refer to rather from inspiring English sources

I refer to — rather than reference — the word practice, as in "Duchamp's practice," "Picasso's studio practice" and worst of all, especially from the mouths of graduate students, "my practice".

Daniel Hamermesh, of the University of Texas at Austin, and Jungmin Lee, of Sogang University, in Seoul, are economists who have studied this phenomenon, and what Schulte calls "the overwhelm" they refer to, rather less sympathetically, as "yuppie kvetching".

The term mismatch is often used to refer to rather different concepts in economics, thus creating a certain confusion in an area that is attracting more and more policy attention and that, therefore, would benefit a lot from more accurate definitions and measurement.

This way of being was one that Kathy referred to, rather unimaginatively, as "smug mode".

Her diaries give a far more intimate portrait of Dr Johnson than do those of the man she referred to rather scathingly as Bozzy.

From the early 1590s, Harriot had developed a reputation for atheism and was referred to rather obliquely as a conjurer by Raleigh's enemies.

At 17, she was facing burn-out and Evans, whom she refers to rather sweetly as "my best friend", to some degree saved her, or rather, they saved each other.

On the other hand, many comments also referred to rather dualistic differences in the behaviour of women and men.

Discourses of death around SCD, representing early, recurrent deaths under the influence of malevolent supernatural forces are referred to rather than accepted by parents of children with SCD.

So why does he refer to "Catholics" rather than "Christians"?

But glamour is not what lures the 'Amis', as Berliners refer to Americans, rather the lack of it.