Sentence examples for refers somewhat from inspiring English sources

A plaque to the wig-wearing Count Rumford refers somewhat opaquely to his being "Driven... hence by neighborly intolerance".

In a letter to Mamaine after their first sexual encounter, Koestler refers, somewhat apologetically, to what he calls "an element of initial rape".

In a glum opening sequence designed to contrast dreary old England with colourful, exotic India, a pushy estate agent refers, somewhat implausibly, to "the grey pound", and it's this economic demographic the film sets out to attract and appeal to.

The new film moves between Germany and Turkey and is also divided into chapters, the first two with titles foretelling the death of characters, the third called 'The Edge of Heaven', which refers somewhat ironically to the new Europe and, rather less ironically, to the story of Abraham and Isaac as recounted in the Bible and the Koran.

Darwin is likely to have encountered these in his schooling (in his Autobiography he refers, somewhat disparagingly, to his classics training at Cambridge).

In her order, she referred, somewhat cryptically, to "compelling reasons justifying an extensive continuance of pretrial and trial proceedings".

The designers of Valentino, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli, referred somewhat obliquely in their press notes to a "digital romanticism".

In the Guardian interview, Franzen, referring somewhat disdainfully to James Wood's "How Fiction Works," says, "third person is the default person.

We have referred somewhat loosely to the sensory and intellectual components of human experience but have said little about the possible relations and dependencies that exist between them.

"The West Side Boys and all that is not really my thing," Ms. von Otter said, referring somewhat inaccurately to the reigning pop trend of teeny-bopper bands like the Backstreet Boys.

Mr. Obama has referred, somewhat vaguely, to reinforcing "international norms," or standards, against the use of chemical weapons, which are categorized as "weapons of mass destruction" even though they are far less powerful than nuclear or biological weapons.