Sentence examples for sizable bite from inspiring English sources

The company may well see its legal costs take a sizable bite out of profits over the next few quarters.

With the increasing consolidation of their power, the Taliban have taken a sizable bite out of the nation.

On Freud's reckoning, hyperbolic ideals such as the prohibition of lustful feelings or of hatred towards our loved ones make for a snarling Rottweiler of a conscience, one that takes a sizable bite out of our prospects for happiness.

Richard Ramsden, an analyst for Goldman Sachs, estimated that the bill passed by the Senate on Thursday would initially cut profits by as much as 20 percent, a sizable bite, but hardly catastrophic given the sharp rebound in earnings since the depth of the financial crisis.

The origins of odd lot shapes — like awkward triangles, long slivers and rectangles with sizable bites taken out — are usually a mystery to city administrators, though they are assumed to come from old surveying errors or ancient easements, which allow one to use another's property.

Dental plans, like their healthcare brethren, tend to take sizable bites out of our wallets without giving a whole lot in return.

Scott M. Stringer, the Manhattan borough president, was greeting voters at an Upper West Side political club recently when, midschmooze, he picked up a chocolate-frosted doughnut and prepared to help himself to a sizable, sprinkled bite.

"Investors are simply not paying attention to tax consequences whatsoever," she said, adding that many even seemed unaware of the sizable tax bite that comes from selling appreciated stocks or other securities too soon.

(There is also a sizable dog, whose bite is worse than his bark).

Not all researchers support this sizable bet.

The spaghetti has been twirled into a sizable portion, meant for a chomp, not a delicate, rabbit-like bite.