Sentence examples for virtually called from inspiring English sources

"These people tend to be driven by a sense of a duty to God to answer every call for help from anybody, and they are virtually called upon all the time, 24/7".

Probably the most notable example is what you might call the British answer to the American teen movie, the urban youth film: the dramatic impact of the 2005 film Kidulthood virtually called the genre into being.

In quick succession, GOP rocker and pitchman Ted Nugent maligned President Obama as a "subhuman mongrel," GOP House representative Paul Ryan, chair of the House Budget Committee, virtually called blacks and Hispanics lazy as the cause of their chronic high joblessness, and South Dakota GOP state representative Phil Jensen publicly said it was OK for businesses to exclude blacks from service.

There was even some advice for keeping low approval ratings in perspective: "Keep in mind people think Abraham Lincoln was our greatest president and yet you had an Illinois newspaper virtually calling for his assassination.

Media commentator Steve Hewlett has described what he called a "deep-seated dysfunctionality" at the BBC and said different parts of the corporation were "virtually name calling".

The plan, which was built virtually unchanged, called for structures that turned their backs to the harsh western light and northern winds, facing instead a long view of the rolling oak savannah.

After virtually being called unpatriotic by President Bush for displeasing him, the Democrats finally felt it was safe to come out of hiding to defend themselves ("Daschle Defends Democrats' Stand on Security," front page, Sept. 26).

"They bargain away class rights for a higher fee and are virtually never called to justice".

First, there is the idea that senescence does not occur before some age at which selection pressure is virtually zero, called 'essential lifespan' (Rattan 2000) or 'warranty period' (Carnes 2011).

Poder Volar, a clinic in Buenos Aires, uses a Virtually Better environment called Virtual Airplane to help patients overcome fear of flying, by letting them gradually get used to the process in the safety of an office.

Dr. Barbara O. Rothbaum, the director of the Trauma and Anxiety Disorders Recovery Program at Emory University and a developer of the virtual reality program called Virtually Better, said, "I want people to learn that they can feel anxious and that that's O.K., that they don't need to try to avoid it".