Sentence examples for said defined from inspiring English sources

The Constitution, Marshall said, defined treason as levying war against the United States or giving aid and comfort to its enemies.

That's a far cry from the $250,000 threshold that Mr. Obama said defined the upper range of the middle class in the campaign.

In a speech at Élysée Palace broadcast live on television, Mr. Chirac recalled centuries of history that, he said, defined France as a guarantor of individual liberty, and said the secular identity of the French state was at stake.

But as he regaled the crowd with some stories of personal sacrifice and neighborliness that he said defined America, some of his supporters wondered if that would be enough in an election cycle so seemingly dedicated to negativity.

Printing, gunpowder, the use of the compass — the three inventions that Francis Bacon once said defined the modern world — are all thought to have been first made in China.

Acting, she said defined her life and gave it shape and form: "All I've done is live my life in the theatre and loved it … If you can get an award for being happy, that's what I've got".

Participants like Dr. Ross Brechner of the Maryland State Health Department said defining a big outbreak was difficult.

He said defining the mechanism for transferring sovereignty would be up to the Iraqis themselves.

Gen. Josef Blotz, a NATO spokesman in Kabul, said, defining the current phase for the first time.

The law, he said, defines the "minimum requirements" for health insurance, but the government can provide more.

There were, as one American writer said, "defining moments every five minutes", and they were mostly European.