Sentence examples for terms less from inspiring English sources

Current scholarship regards the tale of Jobless in terms less of history than of myth.

Brimelow cast the current wave of American immigrants in dismal terms: less skilled, less European, less assimilated, less law-abiding and less Republican than the previous newcomers.

Seeing each other more often would have given them less time to write, less to write about, and, since letters exist in reciprocal terms, less to read.

He also noticed that in 10th grade, students and their parents still tended to be on good terms; less so by junior year.

With living costs rising, and the economy, in relative terms, less buoyant, having a second child is a huge economic burden.

His son would doubtless love to burnish his accession with a peace deal, but cannot possibly agree to terms less than those set in stone by his father.

This is why the terms "less-lethal" or "non-lethal" are problematic.

IN all of American cooking there is probably no term less meaningful than "salad".

In the short term, less spending slows the progress of economic recovery.

Over the short term (less than 12 months), bonds are usually more volatile than cash.

Both movies present a prison term less as an ordeal than as something manageable, redemptive, and useful.