Sentence examples for sort of a beacon from inspiring English sources

"He was a sort of a beacon for independence and curiosity research at the university," Dr. Nielsen said.

In general, his work was hard to sell, and even harder to look at, but in some circles he acquired a reputation as a sort of a beacon — the genuine article.

Mr. Simmons, said Elissa Blount-Moorhead, the executive director of Red Clay Arts, a gallery to which Mr. Simmons has provided space, "has become sort of a beacon for artists in Brooklyn".

In fact, he saw the union of this billionaire and multi-multi-millionaire as sort of a beacon of hope.

The building itself, a former cafe on the vibrant northern reaches of Bergenline Avenue, is a sort of neighborhood beacon, its spiffy stucco-and-terra-cotta facade gleaming like a playhouse on opening night.

Lenovo's Mirage headset is a tad complicated to get running with — it requires a sort of tracking beacon in order to anchor things to the real world.

It can be turned on from the iCloud menu (see above) with the new option to Send Last Location – a sort of distress beacon when your phone's about to run out of battery.

Shankar found himself embraced by everyone from John Coltrane, who named a son after him, to the violinist Yehudi Menuhin; many of his disciples saw him as a sort of spiritual beacon.

"It's important that the memorial serve as a sort of eternal beacon not only to those who were lost but also to our American ideals and freedom and everything the terrorists tried to take away on that day".

This absence of light is so rare in the densely populated Northeast coast that it has become a sort of reverse beacon for amateur astronomers, who come from all over the state to get a clear, unpolluted view of the stars.

It comes with a little cube a little smaller than a can of soup that goes in the room and which the Mint uses as a sort of beacon.