Sentence examples for was described like from inspiring English sources

The language used about menstrual discharge in textbooks was that of the "ruined debris of failure"; the post-menopausal body was described like an "outmoded factory". Yet the lived experience of the women with whom she was spending time often contested these medical pronouncements.

On the Cybercast News Service, an elaborate and official-looking Internet outlet operated by the Media Research Center, a purveyor of conservative opinion, Mr. Bittler was described like this by an anonymous source: "He's dishonest and of low moral character, and we all know character counts".

Over at the Wall Street Journal, it was described like this: "A partnership between the two companies would have been unthinkable 30 years ago when Apple famously attacked IBM in an iconic commercial entitled '1984,' painting IBM as a big-brother-like figure protecting the status quo while Apple's Macintosh provided a pathway to freedom". But the history of Apple and IBM is actually more nuanced.

It was described, like the Ardennais and the Trait du Nord, as a born plowhorse, with a neck naturally held so low that the nose almost touched the ground.

Also caregiving is described like both good job and punishment.

Aged people are described like people who are dependent, need interest, and represent the wisdom period.

"When passionate love is described like this, it in some ways sounds like an addiction.

While I want the girls to be described like that [too], they're athletes.

In another story, a seedy hotel is described like this: "The Savoy Hotel was a bad place.

"When has a man ever been described like this?" echoed another.

In many European countries majorities can be described (like many Americans) as anti-Bush without being anti-American.