defining

Example Sentences

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I knew from the jump that that is one of Natalie’s defining features, that she just cannot get out of her own way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The irony, of course, is that Elmo’s defining trait is that he likes everyone.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

By defining these perceptual attributes more rigorously, the researchers have supplied a missing piece in Schrödinger's long standing vision for a closed mathematical model of color.

From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026

Badenoch took issue with Matt Goodwin's stress on ethnicity as the key factor in defining Englishness.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

She didn’t think Fielding was crude at all, or that Richardson was a fine psychologist, but she wasn’t going to be drawn in, defending, defining, attacking.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan