Sentence examples for sort of beacon from inspiring English sources

The idea was that the city could serve as some sort of beacon.

Talbot ends with the AIDS crisis, which he says "brought out the best in San Francisco," making it "a model for the nation," the city evidently returning to its former status as some sort of beacon.

We all met up in a bothy the night before filming to discuss the brief: aliens land, regroup and climb a mountain (Stac Pollaidh) to build some sort of beacon.

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.

Once your point on a map is initially established, either manually or by some sort of beacon, the IMUs can not only determine, say, what side of an apartment building you're in, but it can also find the specific floor and unit.

Once your point on a map is initially established, either manually or by some sort of beacon, the IMUs can not only determine, say, what side of an apartment building you're in, but it can also find the specific floor and unit.

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

I don't want to position myself as some sort of singular beacon of progress, because I'm not that at all.

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.

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.

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".