Sentence examples for touchstone of this from inspiring English sources

Coherence was the touchstone of this performance.

Fay is the touchstone of this perspective.

This – along with Barber's Adagio for Strings – is both precursor and touchstone of this strange, so called ambient thing.

"I never curated a Biennial," he said, "but, to me, and I think to the public, the Biennial is really the touchstone of this institution.

While the question of "what is colonial and imperial in the history of the United States" is the touchstone of this volume, it also will aid rethinking of "the tacit assumptions about European empire elsewhere" (17).

"People want to come because this is the touchstone of the women's movement.

"Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency," he said.

"Transparency and rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency," he said.

The next day, Mr. Obama issued a memorandum on transparency, promising to make it one of "the touchstones of this presidency".

Many Americans are finding that the familiar touchstones of this season have a different resonance than they did in past years.

Gospel, blues, African rhythms, protest songs and the joys of harmony are the enduring touchstones of this group of a cappella women singers, who never forget to leaven righteousness with pleasure.