Sentence examples for shaping a view from inspiring English sources

Part of this generation's work involved shaping a view of Buddhism that was science friendly, pragmatic, and nonmystical.

All four subjects are dealing head-on with imposed conditions, but each is shaping her response to them in ways that are simultaneously assertive and protective: shaping a view of herself that, like a wig, helps to create a new identity but also hides an old one.

For Ralston, higher education was not only critical to helping her secure meaningful employment, but also in shaping a new view on life.

Posted on personal Web sites or community weather pages, the data is helping neighbors and beginning to have a larger impact on meteorology, by shaping a more detailed view of weather patterns than was previously available.

Today is the 77th birthday of Marie Tharp, an oceanographic cartographer whose maps of the world's sea floors helped shape a new view of Earth--plate tectonics--in which crustal plates constantly shift and move on top of the mantle.

At times, it borders on the violent: "Crush the competition!" "Slash prices!" "It's a category killer!" If language both reflects and shapes a world-view, business language conveys a deeply masculine tone that leaves little tolerance for anything remotely feminine.

When it comes to shaping a young person's political views, "it is really hard to change the mind of anyone over 15," said Mr. Mayer, who did extensive research on faculty and students.

But there are still issues where a northern or southern orientation can shape a governor's views.

Douglas's previous book, "Where the Girls Are," was a study of how the mass media shaped a generation's views about itself.

Rather than critique a friendship and lament the way it may have shaped a liberal politician's view on Israel, we should celebrate it.

Our media assets give us the opportunity to shape a more accurate, more inspiring view of STEM.