Sentence examples for upon a past from inspiring English sources

Because to open Coles's new memoir, Fathomless Riches, is to gaze upon a past made up almost entirely of enthusiastic sinning, by no means all of it repented.

Last year newspapers heralded the return of fish to the creek, suggesting that an ambitious billion-dollar city cleanup had improved upon a past when raw sewage and chemicals were routinely dumped into its waters.

I recently stumbled upon a past incarnation of myself.

Once upon a showtime past, Neil would only rock to and fro and barely look at the crowd, hiding behind his long locks and beard.

In The Paradox of Humility in American Business and Society, author Doug Guthrie provides a personal example of learning humility upon reflection of performance in a past role.

The marketing of the project calls upon an idealized past in a hard-bound prospectus.

But life is not composed entirely of missed opportunities; the last poem in "The Less Deceived," like the first, looks back upon an active past, in this case ("At Grass") the triumphs — "The starting-gates, the crowds and cries" — of pastured racehorses quietly "at grass" fifteen years later.

His ability to pursue research in diverse fields and draw upon past experiences to solve new problems were among his biggest strengths.

4 Turn right along the towpath, following the Stratford upon Avon canal past a series of locks.

Goldberg draws upon her past as a child struggling for order to help all people, from teenagers to people who are retired adults for instance, set goals, create action plans, and address life frustrations including family, career, social and academic frustrations.

The company celebrates its 25th anniversary with "Meditations of a Drunken Peacock," a fantasy about a poet who meditates upon his past and future.