Sentence examples for tailor himself from inspiring English sources

Seduced at an early age by the imperial promise of those magic syllables, Ellowen Deeowen, he went to great lengths to tailor himself to fit his adopted city, paring down his hilariously unwieldy name to Saladin Chamcha, only to find the slimline version makes him a laughing stock - chamcha means 'toady' - when he returned to his native Bombay.

He is wearing a green pinstriped suit he tailored himself for his role in Vera Drake.

After months of tailoring himself as the seamless heir to the Giuliani era, Michael R. Bloomberg faces his first big decision, one that is likely to be shaped, in large part, by a man who came to prominence under Mayor David N. Dinkins.

The book, based on a Paddy Chayefsky teleplay and on Gore Vidal's screenplay for a 1956 Bette Davis weepie, is by the four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, who helpfully tailored himself a part as Winston, the gay uncle.

However, the charges of lefty partisanship seemed misguided; the movie we made criticizes Barack Obama for tailoring himself a State Senate district, Nancy Pelosi for opposing redistricting reform in California, the Democratic party for using black voters to "sandbag" white Democratic districts in the South, and opens with a clip of Ronald Reagan decrying Democratic gerrymanders!

Mr. Talese, the son of a tailor, carries himself like a papal guard and, now that his nudist phase is over, is the best-dressed writer in New York.

One day the tailor suddenly found himself in the middle of a lonely wood.

"It is where Thomas Randall, a tailor, who called himself a hatter, lived".

Tracy Morgan, who often explores and explodes black stereotypes in his comedy, said he did "a little ad-libbing" to tailor Paul to himself, but that otherwise the role is identical to the one Mr. Ferrell was offered.

Like a good doctor or tailor, he prides himself on being able to instantly size you up and give you what you need.

Frew, who apprenticed with a Savile Row tailor, can — all by himself, and almost all by hand — create a pattern, cut fabric and expertly construct a suit that, for about $4,000, perfectly molds to its owner's body.