Sentence examples for using the word for from inspiring English sources

"Maybe if the coalition support is with us, it is safer," he said, using the word for foreign forces here that became interchangeable with the much-disliked American occupation.

"Felah," he said, using the word for farmer.

"She's bomzhika," Oleg Klochkov, the night doctor, said, using the word for homeless woman.

Here, we're using the word for what the bureau would term "nonmetropolitan".

"We practiced 'abrazo' today a lot," Mr. Ayarza said Sunday, using the word for hug.

"They are like our bodhisattvas," he said, using the word for an enlightened Buddhist who helps others attain nirvana.

Others think love can be measured in bunches of flowers, or by using the words "for ever".

Once, Dr. Crain meant to say "please spit" but used the word for sushi instead.

Writers such as the historian Xenophon and the biographer Plutarch used the word for the watchful care of the gods over humankind and the world.

He learned that a man called Lightnin' Ellis had first used the word for a snowstorm in 1870, in the local paper.

I will continue to use the word for convenience only.