Sentence examples for were generally used from inspiring English sources

Rubber balloons, inflated by internal pressure, were generally used to simulate expansion of early generation stents (e.g. Palmaz-Schatz).

In older residential buildings, narrow wood strips were generally used.

Ms. Willis explained that they were cucumbers, too, but were generally used for pickles.

These two punishments were generally used in Babylonia, where ordained courts did not exist.

Expensive gels or foams were generally used to thicken the fluid, and biocide was added to kill the bacteria that can clog the cracks.

Last year's Haydn celebrations, for instance, were generally used as an excuse for performers and audiences to enjoy their favourite works for the umpteenth time.

For the presidential contest, however, primaries fell into disfavour and were generally used in fewer than 20 states until the 1970s, after which most states adopted primaries.

Printed calicoes were generally used for hangings and bedcovers, as well as for dresses in England, but in India the material was generally used only for garments.

Square or flat iron bars were generally used to produce designs that were usually light, airy, and graceful and rather in contrast to the contemporary European preference for sturdier forms.

Angus Trumble, senior curator of paintings and sculpture at the Yale Centre for British Art, and author of The Finger: A Handbook, says that in the 19th century, in European cultures, "there were all sorts of nostrums and powders, products that were designed to make nails look shiny, pink or fresh, youthful and smooth, but they were generally used rather like shoe polish.

They were generally used for cattle herding and bee keeping.