Sentence examples for studying a map from inspiring English sources

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.

In an office in Al Raqqa, a Syrian city on the banks of the Euphrates, Iliaz Dakal, a consultant to Syria's land development agency, was studying a map of his own.

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.

You can imagine a prospective visitor from Arizona studying a map of England and deciding, "Yep, we should be able to see most of this puppy in a couple of days".

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.

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

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.

Davies studied a map of Dickinson's Amherst, which he visited for research, though the movie was shot mostly in Belgium, for economy's sake.