Sentence examples for sturdy sense from inspiring English sources

Another reason is his sturdy sense of phrase.

Every ghost story needs a Dr Faraday, a blunt literalist with a sturdy sense of self.

Such was their sturdy sense of independence that they won autonomy from Denmark in 1904 and steered clear of the EU.

Ozick approached it all, even the ministrations of her media coach, with a keen eye and a sturdy sense of humor.

The basic strategy of Fire! — pairing the expressive energy of free jazz with a sturdy sense of groove — has yielded something potent and self-contained.

His values weren't for everyone — not everyone in this century, certainly — but he had an admirably sturdy sense of self and the loyalty of countless families whose boys were destined to become sales managers and construction workers and attorneys.

But mostly the definitions show a sturdy common sense, except when Johnson used long words sportively.

Jafar Panahi is a fifty-one-year-old Iranian film director with a restlessly intense manner and a sturdy, undefeatable sense of the absurd.

They dismissed the sturdy common sense of the American people, who know when they're being sold on something, and who are not buying the argument that treating workers fairly is bad for the economy.

Now, chemical engineers Vivek Maheshwari and Ravi Saraf of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, have developed a relatively simple and sturdy sensor that can sense texture about as well as a human fingertip can.

Common sense was sturdy everywhere, scornful, jesting, a little inclined to persecute the obdurate fearful.