Sentence examples for supposed paragon from inspiring English sources
In 2007, the last boom year, it spent less, relative to G.D.P., than Germany, the supposed paragon of fiscal discipline.
This supposed paragon of higher finance was just plain playing Russian roulette with his shareholders' money, destroying nearly $200 billion in equity and putting an onerous cost on Uncle Sam and taxpayers.
Should that come to pass, what would he do with these supposed paragons of failure?
The two cocky officers come across as easy targets for the wager Alfonso proposes to test the fidelity of their wives-to-be, those supposed paragons of virtue.
When this evil imp invades the steely heart of Angelo, the supposed civic paragon put in charge of cleaning up the city of Vienna, the sudden growth of steamy corruption in a rigid soul makes for transfixing drama.
By contrast, federal courts are supposed to be a paragon of American justice.
Everybody knows that barbecue teams are supposed to have names like Peckerwood Point Paragon of Piggery or Ol' Hawg's Breath or Trichinosis Terry & His Borderline Swine.
Samantha Henig points out that Ally McBeal, the late-nineties TV paragon of desperate singledom, was supposed to be twenty-seven when the show began — a freak-out timeline that already seems quaint for an urban professional.
Samantha Henig points out that Ally McBeal, the late-nineties TV paragon of desperate singledom, was supposed to be twenty-seven when the show began a freak-out timeline that already seems quaint for an urban professional.
Shorn of their auras as global paragons of excellence, American banks are even facing pressure to act more like the Chinese banks they were supposed to reform -- by lending in support of politically necessary projects.
