Sentence examples for sheer principle from inspiring English sources
Even decades later Helen never lost her admiration for some of her colleagues then from less blue chip seats than her own who sacrificed their careers for sheer principle.
The name Redskins is more crudely derogatory than the more anodyne Indians, Braves, or Chiefs, but anecdotal evidence that Native Americans don't much like any of those names abounds.Second, this is the point in the column where I'm supposed to discuss whether Dan Snyder, the Redskins' owner, should change the name, regardless of the court's ruling, on sheer principle.
Their responses range from euphoric ("It's the hardest I've laughed in a very long time on the sheer principle of insanity") to baffled ("I'm not quite sure what I just watched").
WAS it the power of the press, a matter of principle or sheer emotional fatigue?
When big corporations flex their muscles by taking a stand on an issue of principle, the sheer force of their power can be breathtaking.
Unlike some people, we actually want to meet the small group of awesome people who refuse to send in their forms out of principle or sheer laziness.
In the sense that the sheer postulation of certain principles is enough for mathematical practice: 'A mathematical subject with its accompanying posits can be created ex nihilo by simply writing down a set of axioms' (Azzouni 2004, p. 127).
Immigration is also a big issue for me; not the principle but the sheer volume".
They sell this line Pleasure Principle, which makes sheer tops that are really beautiful.
We both fall in love with the Verification Principle for its sheer energy and cheek.
Though there's no shortage of explicit and gory violence throughout, the grandly operatic bloodbath (and that's no metaphor — it splashes the settings and the characters like burst paintpots) that concludes the plantation sequence results from a moment of sheer peevishness of stiff-necked principle that stands out both for its moral purity and its futility.
