Sentence examples for was less something from inspiring English sources

Food was less something to be savoured, more a means to an end – a bit of stodge to fill a hole, resented long after for its inflated price.

Ultimately, the resource curse is less something they are afflicted with than something they have inflicted on themselves.

But it's less something Coppola (who scripted Clayton's film) or Visconti would have contrived than a demented, ludicrously over-choreographed version of the "Beautiful Girls" montage from Stanley Donen's Singin' in the Rain.

This is less something I've learned from working with engineers and more something I've learned from being a manager.

This is less something you wear than display on your wall.

That was different, though, as the word was less potent, something used by children.

There was less pressure to create something amazing right away.

Participation in group formation or community initiatives was less frequently perceived as something within group members' control.

"He understood the appeal of something that was less rigid".

It was less about going to see something.

He is less patient: something is bothering him and he wants it stopped now, by any means necessary.