Sentence examples for while durable from inspiring English sources

[A18.] Home Sales Rise Durable Orders Fall Homee sales unexpectedly rose in August, while durable goods orders dropped 0.9percentt.

Consumer spending dropped a full percentage point, the biggest decline since 2001, while durable goods orders fell 6.2percentt, and sales of new homes declined 5.3percentt.

While durable, the BMW diesel made a pitiful 115 horsepower, so the otherwise impressive Mark VII proved comically slow, with 0-to-60 times of more than 13 seconds.

1. Scientific knowledge, while durable, has a tentative character.

While durable, the design makes for bulky and uncomfortable wearable devices.

Sales of new U.S. homes rose in September, while durable goods orders slipped.

While the durable goods report is considered volatile from month to month, October's overall decline was much worse than the 0.2percentt dip in September.

Muslin is frequently employed as an inner covering for this assembly, while a durable upholstery fabric is used as an outer and finishing cover.

Red Chinese wedding umbrellas ($13.50 each at pearlriver.com) add protection from the rain and a dash of color; white oiled-paper parasols are less expensive, and while not durable for the long run, will last through the ceremony and beyond ($5.50 at pearlriver.com).

In Almond and Verba's edited volume The Civic Culture Revisited (1980), several authors demonstrated that political culture in each of their subject countries was undergoing major change, little of which was predictable from the original study, suggesting that political culture, while more durable than mere public opinion, is never static.

Celtis (hackberry) wood, similar to that of elm in structure, is usually cut into lumber for furniture and containers; C. mildbraedii of western, central, and eastern Africa, while not durable, has good strength properties and can be used for flooring, commercial plywood, and veneer.