Sentence examples for was apply from inspiring English sources
verb
To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another);—with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.
All they could do was apply a bandage.
But what people really did, ecologists say, was apply labels.
All the militias had to do to get guns was apply for them, reporting how many members they had.
What Einstein did with relativity in 1905 was apply the principle without compromise to simultaneity, making time relative to the speed of light.
Now, what I wanted to do was apply this to the rapid growth of trade that has taken place since around 1990, what Subramanian calls "hyperglobalization".
What David Plouffe and Jim Messina did in 2008 and 2012 and what Ken Mehlman did in 2004 was apply basic business imperatives to a political campaign: rely on continuously updated data, test and retest everything, develop a keen understanding of your customer base, empower your sales staff while holding them accountable, etc.
Subtle pressure was applied.
"Pressure was applied," he claimed.
This principle was applied.
Theo was applying to colleges.
