Sentence examples for required a certain kind from inspiring English sources

The prospect required a certain kind of self-assurance, possibly even narcissism it called for someone who thrived in the center of controversy.

He took a job sweeping up at a Canal Street photo studio and soon acquired the skills necessary to supply "a readership that required a certain kind of picture" for the pulp Police Gazette.

Very often, they were people who took up occupations that required a certain kind of learning or a certain kind of skill that wasn't being supplied in that society.

Stoebenau similarly described women who "looked for foreign husbands" in nightclubs explaining that this venue required a certain kind of dress, without it, chances of successfully attracting a foreigner (or any man) were far less great [ 18].

To sit through a succession of fashion shows requires a certain kind of stamina.

But I do like it therefore that requires a certain kind of training.

It requires a certain kind of courage but it also requires cunning - which is not the same thing as courage.

It's a big commitment and it requires a certain kind of personality to want to experience it".

Riots require a certain kind of urban congestion; police power must be overwhelmed by a sea of humanity.

Playing requires a certain kind of intelligence, she points out; physical play is a way of learning what you can do in your environment.

But successful rabble-rousing requires a certain kind of optimism — a belief that, sooner or later, your compatriots will come to their senses.