Sentence examples for so thoroughgoing from inspiring English sources

In its first chapter, "Economy," Thoreau lays out a program of abstinence so thoroughgoing as to make the Dalai Lama look like a Kardashian.

Unlike the Harry Potter books, which, notoriously, have been embraced by adult readers as well as juvenile ones, the Percy Jackson books seem positively contrived to repel adult readers, so thoroughgoing is their affectation of teen goofiness.

So thoroughgoing was the absence of any form of British nationalism that the latest National Theatre play from the revered Alan Bennett, "The Habit of Art," did not receive even a single nomination.

Unlike the Harry Potter books, which, notoriously, have been embraced by adult readers as well as juvenile ones, the Percy Jackson books seem positively contrived to repel adult readers, so thoroughgoing is their affectation of teen goofiness.

The second problem is that he can be so thoroughgoing in his rejection of ironic whimsy that he crosses the fine line between solemn and pompous ("Is fervor belief's / only measure? Is there / no saving / what betrays itself?").

Anyone with any sense at all had to realize that true transformation in a place that vast and where the ruin was so thoroughgoing and prolonged would take time.

If so, that would seem to preclude thoroughgoing commitments to war or peace or grand causes.

In the blogosphere anywhere can be, as the title of Mr Mosler's blog has it, "The Center of the Universe".In a world beset by doubt, there are great opportunities for those happy to pursue their beliefs to their logical conclusions and thrillingly thoroughgoing in the way they do so.

"We could conduct inquiries into thoroughgoing success, but what would be the point?

Mark Green is, at least in politics, as thoroughgoing a professional as Bloomberg is an amateur.

A thoroughgoing commitment to transcendence cannot allow for a God who is involved in human affairs.