Sentence examples for used to defining from inspiring English sources

California is used to defining national notions of biggest and best: It has the most people, the longest coastline and the tallest mountain, Mount Whitney in the majestic High Sierra, in the 48 contiguous states.

Grad students and postdocs are used to defining themselves with respect to a particular niche or field of science; they're not used to tying their capabilities directly to an employer's requirements.

That may seem strange to those used to defining religious chastity negatively -- that is, as not having sex.

We're much more used to defining food by what it is," he said, referring to Europe's protected-food classifications.

In most of biology it's used to define a pragmatically useful group.

The one that used to define Ireland.

But it's being used to define him, too.

A couture party in Paris used to define glamour.

The Heat is limited to a brawling style of basketball that used to define the Knicks.

Farther out, a series of numbered traffic circles are used to define neighborhoods.

The union halls, the factories, all used to define the neighborhood, filling it with pride.