Sentence examples for speaking amounted from inspiring English sources

In the most recent, at the end of the Cretaceous, the dinosaurs were wiped out, along with the mosasaurs, the pterosaurs, the plesiosaurs, the ammonites, and two-thirds of all families of mammals, all in what, geologically speaking, amounted to an instant.

Yet the portion of the meeting where investors could speak amounted to about 15 minutes of an almost four-hour meeting.

Sticking a microphone in front of people and coaxing them to speak amounted to little more than an extended vox pop.

When labor unions, some of whose members enjoy coverage in these plans, learned about this punitive levy they objected loudly, prompting Pelosi to drop the idea, which, broadly speaking, amounts to taxing the upper middle class to provide benefits for the lower middle class.

Without the use of an effective anesthetic as the first drug in the protocol, it was generally agreed, the prisoner would feel the pain of suffocation resulting from the second drug as well as a severe burning sensation produced by the third drug, all while being unable to move or speak, amounting to a level of suffering that would constitute cruel and unusual punishment.

Informally speaking, AC2 amounts to the assertion that a variable set with an element at each stage has a variable element.

Roughly speaking, the amount of Alexa devices sold is similar to the amount of Apple Watches sold to date (50 million).

Generally speaking, the total amount of upfront fees should be between 0.5 and 2%.

Horkins said omitting this when speaking to police amounted to a lie.

Roughly speaking, that amounts to to the station's being charged for the number of Web listeners who tune in.

Relatively speaking, that amount shows economic progress for the Yankees.