Sentence examples for replies earned from inspiring English sources

When Lash appeared before the House Un-American Actinities Committee in 1939 to testify about Communist influences in student organizations, his irreverent replies earned the sympathies of Eleanor Roosevelt, who sat knitting at the back of the chamber.

A well-timed off the cuff reply always earns bonus points, but this one had an extra dimension to it.

In a reply, Urgitano, who earned a college degree behind bars, wrote: "Request: Please tell Ms. Rodriguez I said if she really wants (to) know how to get a reservation @ Rao's, ask your boss, Governor Pataki.

My glib response — that would at least give you more material to draw on — earned this reply: "I would choose some kindness and love over a one-hour spesh," or special.

Audience laughter indicated that he had earned that reply.

That earned a reply from Mr. Barton, who said he was still looking at the maps and hadn't decided whether he would support them.

That posting earned a reply from the military wing of Hamas, Alqassam Brigades, addressed to the Israeli military's Twitter handle, @IDFspokesperson, "Our blessed hands will reach your leaders and soldiers wherever they are (You Opened Hell Gates on Yourselves)." The dialogue between the English-language Twitter feeds of the two combat enemies that day ended there.

The boundless ecstasy of Jewish enthusiasm never earned a reply in any tone that could count as a productive response to Jews as Jews — that is, a tone that would have addressed what the Jews had to give and not only what they had to give up.

Yakubu's brace in reply seemed to have earned Rovers the point that would have lifted them out of the bottom three.

And among those, emails using positive words and subjective language earned the most replies.

I emailed FT staff, and got replies like "My ex-wife earned more than me" or "I earned more than my ex-husband".