Sentence examples for term to explain from inspiring English sources

Every age has a term to explain things that resist explanation.

Xenophobia is too vague a term to explain antipathy in Britain towards refugees and asylum seekers from poor countries.

Mick Jagger used a vulgar term to explain why it was best not to get into a fight with New York.

STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS -- Ms. Rice uses the term to explain the problems she said she inherited as national security adviser, particularly the apparent breakdown in communication between the C.I.A. and the F.B.I.

Making the use of drones more overt would potentially complicate such collaboration, hence the need, for the long term, to explain the approach and gain greater acceptance for its legitimacy.

He invented this term to explain the feuding between closely-related peoples: "like the Spaniards and the Portuguese, for instance, the North Germans and the South Germans, the English and the Scots, and so on".

Mayweather attempted in vague terms to explain what happened.

We cannot even find the terms to explain the basic unfairness of our worsening situation.

"You don't necessarily go to the most technical terms to explain what it is you're hearing," Ms. Chapman said.

Oscar Angulo, in his shifty, shambling way, uses the same terms to explain the crushing decision he made for his sons.

In other words, for all you nativists out there, I'll use one of your terms to explain: I am proud to be a mackerel snapper.