Sentence examples for universal traits from inspiring English sources

Only maritime law, although nationally codified, preserved some of its universal traits.

Generosity and support are far more universal traits than many think, he said.

Mr. Burns's time in Vietnam attracted him to the material, which he said captured the universal traits of men at war.

They also find the notion of studying only universal traits perplexing: in studies of animal behavior, a standard procedure is to study how traits vary in different environmental circumstances and to explore the effects of different traits on reproduction.

Metaphors, if they're any good, distill complexity not into simplicity but into clarity, bypassing the details of particular situations to find and represent their unifying universal traits and ideas.

And while finding someone who is fluent in the special issues that gay and lesbians confront is important, there are some universal traits that are important to look for regardless of sexual orientation.

To what extent is that a universal trait?

They contend that they have captured a universal trait of investment markets.

That is another universal trait of that kid from your high school with the good weed: he always thought he was a lot deeper than he really was.

But in moderation, narcissism is a universal trait; it's natural – where would we be without a modicum of self-love?

However, this Father's Day, there is one universal trait that deserves to be celebrated more than any other: the dad joke.