Sentence examples for thought characteristic from inspiring English sources

He came to loathe the "hollow virtuosity" that he thought characteristic of his century, as well as the "enormous waste of time at all conferences – the premia on vanity, self-importance, exhibitionism, brilliance in intervention".

Research from the 1970s onwards suggested they were deuterostomes, because of some features that were thought characteristic of deuterostomes: a three-part coelom; radial rather than spiral cleavage in the development of the embryo; and formation of the coelom by enterocoely.

Employing the autogenous reactive model of obsessions (Behaviour Research and Therapy 41 (2003 11 299), this study sought to test a hypothesized continuum where reactive obsessions fall in between autogenous obsessions and worry with respect to several thought characteristics concerning content appraisal, perceived form, and thought triggers.

JAMES SUROWIECKI: Well, I had to include at least one of these comments because this is, I think, characteristic of much of the hostility to the Fed.

Japanese reform, Mr. Sato said in a recent speech, should inspire "zest for living," a trait he thinks characteristic of Americans but not of his own students.

Betty had tried to dissuade her from going, but Maeve had insisted, with that stubborn, closed face that I had begun to think characteristic of her.

By emphasizing robust concern, this view understands other features we think characteristic of love, such as one's emotional responsiveness to one's beloved, to be the effects of that concern rather than constituents of it.

For each characteristic, respondents were asked to indicate – on a five-point scale – in what manner they thought the characteristic would influence the quality of information transfer and feedback.

They did not find that low vitamin D levels can cause depression, and thus they thought other characteristics might predispose people with low nutrient levels to depression [ 40].

We wished to sample GPs of different experience and practice type/location as we thought these characteristics might influence which factors were reported.

We can kind of be whatever we want to be, and I think that characteristic comes through in this band.