Sentence examples for timber of from inspiring English sources

Crooked timber of humanity, and all that.

Strange is the crooked timber of humanity.

We know all about the "crooked timber of humanity".

The timber of horse chestnut is soft and very white.

The birches and alders produce timber of considerable economic importance.

Like Kant, the composer is drawn to understand "the crooked timber of humanity".

That contrasts with Conservatism, which has traditionally been more sceptical, recognising the "crooked timber of humanity".

The crooked timber of mankind cannot be straightened at the crack of a legal whip.

There is no shortage of Republicans who consider themselves presidential timber, of course.

Some crouch on the ruins, struggling to keep warm by burning the timber of their devastated homes.

From the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made, and so forth.So, Todd Akin.