Sentence examples for served more or less from inspiring English sources

The Believer, after all, came into being in opposition to what Eggers and Julavits perceived as the snide, vituperative state of book reviewing, a disorder diagnosed by Julavits, in the first-issue article that served more or less as a manifesto, as "snark".

As such, it served more or less as a sort of a wish list rather than a realistic masterplan in the later decades.

"This Is Country Music," and "Old Alabama" served more or less the same purpose following the liberal fantasia of 2009's "American Saturday Night".

Work-designs and physical layouts of both cases were not adapted and served more or less a general purpose.

Ever since Aesop's Fables, stories featuring animal protagonists have remained largely confined to the realm of children's books and allegories, where the creatures serve more or less as humans in furry disguise.

"If we had a Republican president ready to sign bills into law, what would we do?" This instrumental view of the Presidency — that a Republican in the White House would serve more or less as an Autopen for Ryan's ideas — rested, even apart from Trump, on two shaky assumptions.

Legacy clearinghouses like Change Healthcare (formerly Emdeon) also serve more or less the same purpose but run on more ancient technology to create a billing workflow.

American Classics, Updated If a Lotus is a little too bold to satisfy one's need for speed, there are always the updated American classics that serve more or less the same purpose.

I thought a powerful story was a relaxing respite from metrics, serving more or less as a colorful parenthesis within an analytical argument.

For a long time, this flaw hasn't posed much of a problem; making my way through a series of apartments, the bare minimum of domesticity (do dishes, do laundry) has served me, more or less, just fine.

Chez Leger The night we visited Chez Leger we were greeted by a man who was starting a wood fire in a huge grill at the entrance, and soon found that unless one ordered, in advance, the "langouste dinner," comprising accras, lobster and rice, nearly everything was grilled, and served with more or less the same sauce.