Sentence examples for trying to sketch from inspiring English sources

Luckily, this has not stopped musicologists from trying to sketch out a history of singing.

On the one hand, she was trying to sketch out a canon for a young art form.

Mr. Gingrich appears to be in a difficult position in trying to sketch a nuanced policy for the millions of illegal immigrants in the country.

If you were trying to sketch us a quick map of Chinese food what would be the key divisions, in terms of styles and ingredients?

His paintings are narratives with missing plots, which is probably one reason that writers keep trying to sketch in the details.

Criticized for failing to connect the dots before the Sept. 11 attacks, the government is now trying to sketch the future free hand.

Mattis tried to sketch out an end-state to the Middle Eastern wars.

Mr. Jobs also tried to sketch out a strategy for the next year that placed the PC at the center of an expanding world of computerized gadgets.

(He tried to sketch his dog, Pig, on a jumper but it looked like a horse, so he got his friends to have a go and used the best one).

"The Yards" is held together with so many narrative nuts and bolts it sometimes feels clogged with machinery, and as the story unfolds, the screenplay frantically tries to sketch in crucial details with little bursts of exposition.

But his words highlighted the divide that persists between the poor and the wealthy as nearly 200 nations try to sketch the outlines of a new pact on climate change here.