Sentence examples for terrific influence from inspiring English sources

I chose the college I went to because I wanted to read English literature and the professor of English at the college was CS Lewis, who was a terrific influence in my life and I think the greatest English literary critic of this century and one of the best writers of English prose who ever lived.

"Pete is a terrific influence and authoritative figure," said Marc Geiger, worldwide head of WME music.

Sears, Macy's, Best Buy and on and on — they wielded a terrific deal of influence.

His terrific second album is influenced by dawn motorbike rides rather than nocturnal regrets and, though the muted electronic washes that open Golden Light are passing nods to introspective R&B, Lewis's songs have more in common with widescreen 80s anthems and the euphoria of fellow revivalists M83.

I don't dispute the band's influence on some terrific performers, from Iggy Pop to Patti Smith.

"A Woman Under the Influence" is a terrific, evocative title, but a very strange one for a filmmaker previously partial to the bluntness of unadorned plural nouns: Shadows, Faces, Husbands… titles that dare you as a viewer to draw your own conclusions about their meanings.

Their influences may prove terrific or troublesome on a youthful roster.

Two terrific films take on the corruptive influence of capitalism and the creeping defeat of self-made success in not-quite-modern America.

I respect their intellectual maturity so much, I go to terrific lengths to avoid exerting untoward influence on what they choose to support or believe.

The fall shows have needed a good, solid jolt, and Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez did that with a terrific collection that had a number of influences.

" 'You know, this stuff is terrific.' " The jewelry does suggest a family influence.