Sentence examples for was not abstract from inspiring English sources

Mr. Fertig said his commitment to nonviolence was not abstract.

He was not abstract or insular or digressive.

The question was not abstract for John Hughes, who attended the Tuesday demonstration with his two sons.

His work drew on traditional portraiture and folk art; it was not Abstract Expressionist, though many of his friends painted in that style.

She showed that the music of Mozart and his contemporaries was not abstract but full of topical references to music of the social environment -- in particular, social dances.

It was not abstract theory that provided the justification for the index fund, but the compelling evidence that money managers as a group cannot beat the market; they must lose to the market by the amount of the fees and costs charged by active fund managers.Gross return in the stockmarket, minus the costs of investing, equals the net return that investors as a group must share.

It wasn't abstract, but not quite naturalistic either.

But it meant something to me in a way that wasn't abstract.

This wasn't abstract theory to him.

So it wasn't abstract and theoretical.

More importantly, Bruce's concern wasn't abstract.