Sentence examples for writers attributed from inspiring English sources

The Greek poet Hesiod called her the daughter of the Titan Oceanus and his consort Tethys; other writers attributed her fatherhood to Zeus, the supreme god.

Later writers attributed Rome's haphazard appearance to the rapid rebuilding during this period; the historian Livy described Rome as looking more like a squatters' community than a planned one.

Further, nearly all of the writers attribute the loss to the same Democratic deficiency: the lack of a compelling economic narrative.

The writer attributed its use to "a disposition in people to spell words with more letters than belong to them; or to insert a syllable or syllables, where addition, so far from being advisable or requisite, proves injurious".

Some of the lines in Mr. Jarmusch's spare screenplay ("Everything is subjective," "Reality is arbitrary") also echo Mr. Burroughs, notably "Nothing is true, everything is permitted," which the writer attributed to the 11th-century Islamic leader Hassan-i Sabbah and from which the word assassin derives.

The writer attributed Detzner's success at staying ahead of the Australians to the perfidy of the German missionaries, who had agreed to remain neutral and in return for such agreement were allowed to continue their mission work.

Writer attributes a prurient interest to Freud in the case.

A Sept. 1 letter writer attributes many problems of state universities to favoring research over teaching.

The writer attributes the popularity of classical music in Britain to the classical vocabulary that students are taught in schools.

His co-writer attributes part of the song's success to its economy with words, saying it's easy to remember and sing along to.

For one reason or another -- Selena Roberts, The Times's tennis writer, attributes her decline partly to a youthful rebellion against "the corporate clawing of the tennis scene" -- Capriati dropped off the tour and into Florida's grunge scene, where she was arrested for marijuana possession.