Sentence examples for ride is less from inspiring English sources

"Paul Revere's Ride" is less a poem about the Revolutionary War than about the impending Civil War — and about the conflict over slavery that caused it.

Set against the austere elegance of Loy Arcenas's set with music to match on a shamisen (a lutelike instrument) played by Sumie Kaneko, the dramatic movement in "Ride" is less a matter of plot than of a search for a consoling stillness within the tumult and pain of memory.

The taxi ride was less extravagant than it sounds.

With Go for Gin in 1991, McCarron's ride was less eventful.

In Michael's car, however, the ride was less than 30 minutes.

His horse might win, but if the ride was less than perfect he would wince, not rejoice.

In the woods next to the steeper slope, there's a path with a small tow rope, so those climbing up the hill for a ride are less likely to be mowed down by oncoming sled traffic.

If safe and effective, riding is less invasive than medications used to treat common symptoms like irritability and hyperactivity.

"In its need for special clothing," he writes, "bicycle riding is less like scuba diving and more like a pickup basketball game".

Results 1) and 2) reverse the well-known conclusions in Varian (1994): they show that the presence of a target incentivizes contribution when preferences are similar and that free riding is less likely in the sequential game.

The rest of the rides were less demanding.