Sentence examples for studied a map from inspiring English sources

Back at my computer that night, I studied a map that was circulating online.

Jock studied a map of Africa; the little blotch labelled "Rwanda" meant nothing to him.

He studied a map and decided that he would settle in Asyut, because he believed it to be the most populous city in Upper Egypt.

Once the mayor had left the control center on Monday, Mohamad Talas, deputy director for system engineering, leaned over a computer screen and studied a map of Midtown.

Sipping and smoking, he studied a map spread on the counter before him — a Phillips 66 map of Mexico — but it was difficult to concentrate, for he was expecting a friend, and the friend was late.

At an adventure travel agency facing the chocolate waters of the Mekong River, Andre Ruys, the Dutch owner, studied a map of Cambodia and lamented that many road-paving projects were stalled, losing the dry season, largely because donors are unsure of the composition of the new government.

We discover we are both schedulers, who like to study a map and plot a course.

Steven Young, a finalist from Reston, Va., learned by studying a map on a shower curtain, requiring him to recognize his Mozambiques and Madagascars backward.

Motorists have always engaged in risky behavior, whether it is eating a sandwich, arguing with a spouse, applying makeup or studying a map while speeding down the interstate.

Older children can learn about ancient land and sea trade routes by studying a map on the wall; younger ones can trace those routes by moving ship- or camel-shaped pegs along grooves on the map.

The difference between studying images or models of body parts and taking them apart yourself is the difference between studying a map of a foreign city and walking its streets and squares.