Sentence examples for word for things from inspiring English sources

But when boredom assaulted us, we needed a word for things that weren't insufferably tedious.

"That's an economist's word for things aren't going too well for you.

"We did not just take someone's word for things; they had to provide documentation, but they did".

Nor, as far I can tell from searching this blog, have I ever, ever demanded that people take my word for things because of the Swedish thingie.

But now that so much of her life unfolds in the public eye, she can't merely trust that listeners will take her word for things.

It's always a little dangerous to take the artist's word for things; but these are phrases I'd yearn to see critics write.

Those shows have become watch-words for things that aren't cool".

So the kitchen walls are plastered with sticky notes bearing the German words for things such as "light switch".

He never learned to speak English, but he knew all the English words for things in his shop.

That there are all sorts of words for things in other languages that we don't have in English?

Things are not made for the sake of words, but words for things.” Autogiro Co. of America v. United States, 384 F.2d 397, 397 (Ct. Cl. 1967).