Sentence examples for usually the stuff of from inspiring English sources

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The fall of regents is usually the stuff of high tragedy, and yet nowhere in Shakespeare is a king or queen threatened by loving too much, or indiscriminately.

It's true, though, that since "Ghost" is set in the recessionary present (I could tell by the Megan Fox poster in the mugger's apartment), Sam's profession and affluence aren't usually the stuff of heroic figures these days.

Sharapova landed only 42 per cent of her first serves in the first set, and although the ratio improved, such inconsistent serving is not usually the stuff of which championships are made.

Quartet West is the band he formed in the mid-'80s with other Los Angeles jazz musicians, principally to explore some American music that isn't usually the stuff of mainstream jazz quartets.

Some listeners of BBC Radio 3 will be shocked this Sunday evening: booze, drugs, sex and strong language are not usually the stuff of plays about the endless tragedy of Iraq.

The section of a newspaper, magazine or website devoted to what you're having for your tea isn't usually the stuff of online petitions or open displays of fury (unless you're arguing over the origins of hummus, cultural appropriation or the best paella).

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If these games with perspective are usually more the stuff of amateur dabblers than radical artists, there is nonetheless a certain charm to Hockney's determination to go his own way.

Dorm rooms are usually not the stuff of Elle Decor -- so Gigi, an 18-year-old college student and design aficionado, took to Tumblr to create the bedrooms of her dreams and share them with like-minded design-lovers.

In all, Miller appeared on NBC's "Late Night with David Letterman" and CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" 56 times in two decades -- a caustic but clean monologist needling Letterman while showcasing his latest lines and laments, usually about the stuff of everyday life.

Good parents know these things happen and usually they become the stuff of family legends, retold and embellished at family gatherings and bar mitzvahs.

It is not the stuff of which partisan rancour is usually made.

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