How To Use Absolute In A Sentence
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There is no absolute standard for beauty.
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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating, people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
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I can, however tell you that AB is absolutely freaking awesome!!
What I've been doing this morning...
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What we need is the Government to get this absolutely right and to provide certainty.
Times, Sunday Times
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The authority of the father was absolute, as the head of a hierarchy arranged by generation, age and sex, in which every member of the extended family was related in rank to every other.
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Absolute property right can only guarantee liberty in form.
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If we want to avert a very deep recession it is absolutely vital that these psychological factors are reversed.
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All three leads are simply stellar in their roles and the interactions ring absolutely true.
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The value of individual liberty is not absolute, but is subject to the authority of established government.
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Christianity could not content itself with building up its own altar; it was absolutely forced to undertake the destruction of the heathen altars
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inconceivability" is used in the sense of relative inconceivability, it is incorrectly used, unless it is qualified in some way; because, if used without qualification, there is danger of its being confused with inconceivability in its absolute sense.
A Candid Examination of Theism
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A similar attempt at reconciling Absolute Idealism and monadism had been made by Lotze, and in both cases it remains an open question whether this is not pre-established harmony in disguise.
Francis Herbert Bradley
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He taught us that the laws of physics were absolute.
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There is absolutely no necessity for you to be involved.
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So far is he from admitting the possibility of any dissiliency between the Divine will and absolute right, that he turns the tables on his opponents, and classes among Atheists those of his contemporaries who maintain that God can command what is contrary to the intrinsic right; that He has no inclination to the good of his creatures; that He can justly doom an innocent being to eternal torments; or that whatever God wills is just because He wills it.
A Manual of Moral Philosophy
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Not only was his analysis absolutely on target, he was tremendously self-assured, well spoken and telegenic.
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The Absolutely Fabulous star will lead the cast of a new weekly whodunnit sketch.
The Sun
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I'm still unsure about this one; it could turn out really cool, or an absolute disaster ... my main motivation is that i don't wanna spend money on a haircut. decisions, decisions purchase any of the following: Kindle, iPod Touch, or MacBook
Archive 2009-02-01
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I don't know what I'd have done without Lizzie when I was ill - she was an absolute treasure.
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By appealing to these absolutes, the president has attempted to endow his cause with a kind of ultimacy, in which ‘those who are not for us are against us.’
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By that definition, Darren, absolutely anyone with a website must be a troller too.
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Modder River, when all day long most of our men were quite unable to discover on which side of the stream the Boer entrenchments were, and in what they called clever trickery, but we called treachery, they are absolutely unsurpassable.
With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back
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In his famous "antinomies", he proved four propositions: first, that the universe is limitless in time and space; second, that matter is composed of simple, indivisible elements; third, that free will is impossible; and fourth, that there must be an absolute or first cause.
The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition
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We opted to share a portion of raspberry crème brûlée with cream which tasted absolutely fabulous, full of raspberries with crisp caramelised sugar and rich cold cream.
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But the extended prayer in unison is a metallic Procrusteanism, which absolutely defies the rationale of the whole business, which is the communication of meaning.
Leap Year -- Day
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What we all know is those who live on knee-jerk reaction will either absolutely love or hate her.
Palin, Bachmann rally conservatives
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There are some things a chappie's mind absolutely refuses to picture, and Aunt Julia singing 'Rumpty-tiddley-umpty-ay' is one of them.
The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories
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There can be absolutely no excuse for the government to avoid reforming these corrupt institutions.
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To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and keep absolute sober.
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The best way of summing up the situation in our office is to say that it is 'absolute chaos'.
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There may be a good scientific case now for looking again at the absolute ban on commercial activity.
Times, Sunday Times
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What Kerry said was absolutely accurate if the draft is again reinstituted…..simply put: if you are simply a high school graduate, you’ll be first drafted….fact!
Think Progress » Feingold: We Should Challenge Generals Whose ‘Assessments…Were Wrong’
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But I go nightclubbing, I dance, I really enjoy it and I try not to worry, although I know the next day I'm going to be absolutely shattered.
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Persons must indeed be of very uncleanly habits, whose heads absolutely require the aid of this comb, as the brush alone sufficiently possesses the power of effectually cleaning the hair from scurf, dandriff, and dust, if constantly used.
The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies
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Whether you're grabbing a meal on the run or topping up on a long drive, eating and driving is an absolute no-no.
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In truth it was all he could do to contain himself, and he felt that his only chance of bearing up was to say nothing more than was absolutely necessary in short ejaculatory phrases.
Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure
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seat belts are an absolute must
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When the sudden silence had enfolded the room in its velvet cloak, he had known that he was nothing, absolutely nothing compared to the wielder of such power.
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Are there effluvia analogous to what we call odour: effluvia of extreme subtlety, absolutely imperceptible to us, yet capable of stimulating a sense-organ far more sensitive than our own?
Social Life in the Insect World
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Figure 1 shows the cumulative absolute changes in bone mineral content/bone width and bone mineral density after ranking each patient by age.
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D'ye know, that Irish lunatic absolutely ran the gauntlet of pandy fire to get back into Lucknow, and bring out Outram and Havelock in person (with the poor old Gravedigger hardly able to hobble along) just so that they could greet Sir Colin as he covered the last few furlongs?
Fiancée
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But as he formally became absolute monarch of the tiny South Pacific nation he offered to give up most of his powers.
Times, Sunday Times
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This is not to say that the good leader is an absolute autocrat.
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“When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law” is the first book to look unflinchingly at the tragic cases of children who have died because their parents place absolute faith in the power of prayer rather than in the efficacy of modern medicine.
Christian Scientists pushing change in Wisconsin prayer law
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It was an absolute hell trying to get this report finished on time.
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The absolute clarity of the orchestral texture allowed for the sometimes jarring harmonies and raucous percussion effects to be highlighted.
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‘The role of the priest is absolutely vital to the Church and the welfare of priests would be one of my primary concerns,’ he said.
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Older conservatives, informed by the just-war tradition and more sensitive to the idea of absolute moral standards than to the amoralism of Machiavelli, were capable of rendering critical judgments on their own governments.
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Even if it wasn't clear enough back when he assembled his "team of rivals" and welcomed Wall Street into his administration, it has been absolutely clear at least since he capitulated to "counterinsurgent" generals and their civilian enablers, and to health care profiteers, that, whatever he may think and feel "inside," Obama is not one of the "good guys.
Andrew Levine: Obama Winter and How to Combat It
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Careful searching of the literature is an absolute necessity in the preparation of any study and solution to problems.
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And then there's the absolute joy and freedom of letting your body move uninhibitedly to the beat, and flexing muscles you never knew existed!
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The sense of freedom was absolutely fantastic.
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But Dave says absolutely no serious shopping before the comprehensive spending review, which is the tiniest bit unfair, I told Mummy, because no one looks at Manuela and counts up what she spends on all her funny shirts and cardies, they can't if they never see her.
Mrs Cameron's diary
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A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not. Ernest Hemingway
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She has perfect/absolute pitch.
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Any competent adult has the absolute right to refuse to be examined by any particular individual.
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Missed two absolute sitters in first half.
The Sun
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In absolute levels, we have fallen off only from the historically high 1980 figures.
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His conduct since then - culminating in this piece of drek - is an absolute disgrace.
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I'm convinced she is absolutely genuine.
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But do I relish the idea of playing a character where you're not playing the lead role and where you can turn up and absolutely go crazy?
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The bishops had almost absolute power .
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With the caveat that I'd have absolutely no chance of knowing much about the American avifauna, my guess would be a turnstone Arenaria sp.
What is this bird?
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To return to the screen with this love and support is absolutely insane.
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Up until 10 o'clock, Audrey and I enjoyed sitting and watching the spectacles, drumming our fingers to the impeccable music, and chit-chatting about absolutely useless girl talk.
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Each man was surrounded by an absolute armada of percussion: Bongos, congas, sambas and tom toms; high-hats, kettles, timpani and snares.
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‘York Central is absolutely vital to the future of York,’ he says.
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The idea of absolute state sovereignty is relatively new, and it derives from agreements among kings, emperors, kaisers, and czars for their mutual benefit.
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He did not disappoint us - the spectacular display of fire and colour, reflected in the harbour, was absolutely beyond words.
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Paul came home this evening and said "You're horny ... and mardy ... you must be due on," which of course is absolutely right.
March 28th, 2008
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Nutritional yeast does not contain human active methylcobalamin and adenosylcobalamin, absolutely needed in the body.
Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
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Instead she would calmly await delivery and then show absolutely no disposition to praise a work that did not meet her standards.
Times, Sunday Times
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His quest for glory has caused him to stretch his energies to the absolute limit.
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It was the measure of a team and driver at the absolute top of their game and setting new standards that the rest have yet to match.
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Yet despite the fact that he was often referred to as homely or even ugly, Maureen was struck by how absolutely beautiful he was.
The Poet Prince
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George II was the absolute ruler of a medium-sized German state, Hanover, as well as being the British sovereign.
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I am oppressed by a nameless and mysterious suffering, .. my brain is darkened, -- my thoughts but half-formed and never wholly uttered, and I, -- I who once deemed human intelligence and reason all-supreme, all-clear, all-absolute, am now compelled to use that reason reasonlessly, and to work with that intelligence in helpless ignorance as to what end my mental toil shall serve!
Ardath
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He said: 'The allegations are absolutely baseless.
Times, Sunday Times
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At this point the music changes to a jolly bouncy tune, sung absolutely smashingly by Oliver Reed.
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His black cloak had seen service; the waistcoat of grey plaid bore yet stronger marks of having encountered more than one campaign; his third piece of dress was an absolute veteran compared to the others; his shoes were so loaded with mud as showed his journey must have been pedestrian; and a grey maud, which fluttered around his wasted limbs, completed such an equipment as, since
Count Robert of Paris
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It was absolutely not a red card.
The Sun
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Such a sentence was absolutely verboten and I had been unhinged to write it.
ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
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Cosmo writes, “Cosmo is absolutely correct, “Reaching for hyperbole and shrieking outrage at every turn doesn†™ t help your argumentâ€.”
Paranoia « BuzzMachine
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Her ex-husband sounds like an absolute swine.
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It is an absolute impossibility for one kind of electricity to be generated without an equal quantity of the opposite kind being produced, although it is not strictly correct to use the term generated or produced in relation to electricity, as electricity cannot really be produced by any process whatever.
Aether and Gravitation
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She said: 'I was absolutely livid.
Times, Sunday Times
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The white belt signifies that he's an absolute beginner.
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But if the absolute rise in eps is used, companies which begin with high eps have an unfair advantage.
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I think someone previously used the word ambiguous, that is absolutely spot on what he wanted.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
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I know absolutely no heroin addicts and I know plenty of people who smoke weed.
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Up until 10 o'clock, Audrey and I enjoyed sitting and watching the spectacles, drumming our fingers to the impeccable music, and chit-chatting about absolutely useless girl talk.
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But ghosts and things that go bump in the night leave them absolutely terrified.
The Sun
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There is absolutely no manure or animal products in my compost.
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Right along side you in being a new found peach lover ... this looks absolutely delish!
Peach Crisp with Maple Cream Sauce
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If you violate the country's camera use rules, they may confiscate your equipment and we have absolutely no recourse.
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The administration of the Turkish Cypriot community had absolute jurisdiction over part of the island.
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In connection with an item of Ru ware of the Northern Song dynasty, for instance, which many connoisseurs regard as one of the absolute pinnacles of Chinese ceramic art, the author of the pertinent catalogue entry states that certain qualities of shape and decoration “make it incredibly rare even within this exceptional group.”
Archive 2009-08-01
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Our trusty electric breaker was called for, and ear defenders were handed out - they were absolutely vital!
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There's absolutely nothing unmanly about wanting to make the world a more loving place.
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In a further twist to this story, Baker must know that there is absolutely nothing he, as an MP, can do about changing what he condemns as a "barmy" directive.
How we are governed
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The next line is inharmonious in its sound, and mean in its conception; the opposition is obvious, and the word lash used absolutely, and without any modification, is gross and improper.
Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope
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Although the idea of expiation was not excluded (Lev., i, 4), it retired somewhat into the background, since in the complete destruction of the victim by fire the absolute submission of man to God was to find expression.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock
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YGBSM said ... an absolute favorite breakfast taco of mine, that gets stares from every taqueria counter girl i've ever ordered it from is: chorizo con huevos, with a veneer of frijoles refritos, shredded cheese and a slice of bacon. my friends refer to it as the hand-held heart attack. gotta love living in sa, where there's no shortage of great breakfast taco places.
Breaking the fast with tacos | Homesick Texan
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And thereby to subduct them from under the absolute power of the vanity of their minds, by one means or other he fixeth in them steady thoughts concerning himself, and their relation unto him.
Pneumatologia
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The Puritan paradox, to name it such, was that a rigorous defense of the absoluteness of Scripture as an objective, prescriptive code, could not be made without a critical analysis of the contents of Scripture itself.
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I was absolutely green when I saw his splendid new car.
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Curiously, I had a dream last night that Latham absolutely caned Howard.
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He had absolute belief in himself and his methods, and wasn't afraid to say so to anybody.
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Nor does it make for efficiency as the courts would be cluttered with prosecutions of blameless individuals who would ultimately be dealt with by means of an absolute discharge.
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An absolute pristine typical Redesmere roach of old, complete with dab of orange under its chin.
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She was absolutely horrified and refused to talk to me.
Times, Sunday Times
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As we came level with the silver saloon, I was absolutely amazed to see the driver holding a camcorder to his face.
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I have told them with absolute certainty there'll be no change of policy.
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In the last twelve months the place has got absolutely filthy.
The Sun
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You will have moments of absolute panic but you will ride through them.
Times, Sunday Times
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His quest for glory has caused him to stretch his energies to the absolute limit.
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Most contestants abstain after the expert has been successfully called upon unless they are absolutely certain they have the correct answer.
Times, Sunday Times
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I apologized absolutely saying that I had entirely forgotten in my enthusiasm and was very sorry.
Broken Lives
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Smart turned out to be a very large and very friendly hairy headache whose owners were absolutely besotted with him.
Superdog! Action plans that work for a happy and well-behaved pet
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The underlying field/space is universal (absolute on some level) whereas the particular, individuated processing dynamic determines how such space is perceived as having relative locality and temporality.
A Materialist Red Herring
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It requires holding your nerve, being totally committed and believing absolutely that's what you have got to do.
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My absolute favourite canned soup, though, is made with chickpeas.
Times, Sunday Times
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Seventy-five words absolute maximum per entry, but you may submit as many entries as you like.
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It is actually the possession and retreat of a thundering absolute crocodile.
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I absolutely, totally and utterly fell in love with the place.
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Her step-mother, who hated her, was an absolute gorgon.
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The fact that an offender may remain oblivious to that forgiveness is absolutely beside the point.
Scott Cairns: The Christian and the Community: A Relationship in God's Image
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This absolutely begins years or decades before symptoms appear.
Times, Sunday Times
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It isn't absolutely necessary to deadhead bletilla.
Amid the heat wave, gardeners still have questions
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It was an absolute sitter and so costly.
The Sun
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The praetors changed the system of property by allowing a person, who had a thing in bonis, the right to recover before the prescribed term of usucaption had conferred absolute proprietorship.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Cutting back on credit is absolutely essential to your financial well-being - and avoid keeping all your money in one place.
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The best NFL Jerseys are the accouterment items and accessories that accept absolute colors, num
Think Progress » McCain complains that the United States has yet to ‘pull the trigger’ on Iran.
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Even so, Sabriel had a strong disinclination to enter the realm of the dead until she absolutely had to.
SABRIEL
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Then he suddenly jumped up and was absolutely fine.
The Sun
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AN absolute stunner from sunny California.
The Sun
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Birmingham City supporters will be absolutely gutted if he leaves the club.
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I just wanted to be absolutely clear on this because I've gotten a number of emails castigating me for pretending that.
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When then a law is in the nature of a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law can not devest those rights; ...
The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy
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What critics here and abroad are glossing over, however, is that as a political marketing device, his address was absolutely brilliant.
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He's an absolute scream in our friends.
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There is also a strong tendency to identify the court with absolute rule.
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Four foot should be seen as an absolute minimum.
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We must insist that the two of you are absolutely needed to be present at this event.
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You could be sitting there in absolutely untenable conditions, in water that is filled with disease and germs for months to come, walking through it, slogging through it.
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What ensued absolutely staggered me.
For Love or Money
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If blind eyes are turned to some drug use, such as cannabis, on the (utterly mistaken) assumption that it is relatively unharmful, this destroys the consistency that is the absolute requirement to hold a moral and behavioural line.
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This striking rate of growth should not obscure the fact that the absolute level of industrial activity was still extremely low.
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They were examples of absolute aggression, unequalled in surprise or impact since the Second World War.
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He was particularly pleased because of Dave being his friend and the playoff was absolutely fantastic.
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There are a lot of siennas, rich reds and browns, in its tonality, something that Megan absolutely adores.
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The houses were in a picturesque village, and the first one was absolutely bogging.
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It was like a wave of emotion as people told each other - people were absolutely bereft.
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It's pouring down outside - I'm absolutely saturated!
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They got it absolutely on the nail .
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And you said repeatedly that claims like "hypoallergenic" and "natural" mean absolutely nothing and that it's up to consumers to figure out, you know, what's-whether the companies-what the companies is telling them is true.
Democracy Now!
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What you get is an absolutely enthralling listen, one built with rapturous conduction and taut harmony.
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The pressure of a gas is ( directly ) proportional to its absolute temperature when volume remains constant.
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The Infinite and the Absolute are _only_ the names of two counter _imbecilities_ of the human mind" [296] -- that is, a mental inability to conceive an absolute limitation, or an infinite illimitation; an absolute commencement, or an infinite non-commencement.
Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
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For, although the said Giovanni and others have carried them to absolute perfection, it is none the less true that the chief praise is due to Morto, who was the first to bring them to light and to devote his whole attention to paintings of that kind, which are called grotesques because they were found for the most part in the grottoes of the ruins of Rome; besides which, every man knows that it is easy to make additions to anything once it has been discovered.
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto
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Found in a few different Toronto-based dollar stores (such as Dollarama, Buck or Two and Absolute Dollar), the Harvard Essentials-branded booklight clamps onto a hard- or soft-cover book to provide light when you're reading in the dark (such as when you're lying in bed and your spouse is trying to sleep).
Dollar Daze: Folding Book Light for $1 | Sync Blog
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It's in a former mews street, half of which is being demolished - and where the other new infill buildings are absolute rubbish.
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There is no absolute standard for beauty.
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That child is an absolute pest he keeps ringing the doorbell and then running away!
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Zinc-responsive dermatosis is an uncommon disease of dogs resulting from either an absolute or relative deficiency in zinc.
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What an absolute cracker we have in store for you tonight.
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State-Zionism is an ideology based on an absolute conviction, one impervious to history and experience, to emendation and to compromise.
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This case is absolutely full - I can't stuff another thing into it.
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I found that I had what they call fallen in life with absolute success and verisimilitude.
Essays of Travel
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March 17, 2009 kathy a. said ... i'm pretty much with celeste. the flood of technology and information makes it absolutely important that students learn critical thinking skills, and how to search for the most reliable information.
Did You Know?
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Wilson you know absolutely nothing about the environmental movement, so instead you peddle in simplistic lies, instead of educating yourself and debating them on any sort of intellectual level.
Can We Drop The Global Warming Pretense Now? Please? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
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Some politicians prefer the bad old days when power was delightful and absolute power was absolutely delightful.
Times, Sunday Times
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She came within a whisker of an absolute majority.
Times, Sunday Times
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He is also empassioned about the case for greater justice in trade - despite the recession, arguing that while times may be tough in the UK, these farmers are living in absolute poverty which it is our moral imperative to address.
Fairtrade gets huge boost from The Co-operative's new ethical plan
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These workers are the most mobile and have the greatest incentive to evaluate carefully the relative and absolute risks.
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All the credible scientists, of course, are saying that this is nonsense, it is simple minded, and absolutely have trashed it but the Japanese insist that they must go forward.
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To take account of this, the system provides for a possessory title to be upgraded to absolute title after it has been registered for 12 years.
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One parent said: 'It was absolutely sickening.
The Sun
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280 seats are needed for an absolute majority in the National Assembly.
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The clean linen scent is absolutely the yummiest ever!
GIVEAWAY – The Fragrance Collection by Glade « Bored Mommy
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He is absolutely unaccountable and is never second guessed.
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He's micromanaged the enterprise into absolute submission - paralyzing it.
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And it remains an absolute hoot to drive.
Times, Sunday Times
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This week Mr Prodi said a new electoral law was an " absolute priority ".
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MRI scanners use magnetic fields which need helium gas to keep them to almost absolutely zero temperatures.
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We always use an independent booking agency to keep costs to an absolute minimum.
The Sun
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The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.
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The Eastern Columbia Building 1930 was designed by Claud Beelman, became the headquarters of the Eastern & Columbia Outfitting companies, and is absolutely stunning.
Tamie Adaya: Los Angeles: Art Deco Mecca
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For him, football is an absolute religion.
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Here was Spain having its hottest summer for years and we turn up to an absolute cloudburst.
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In totalitarian states absolute control of information and the armed forces is the key to the survival of the despot.
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Wearing a frilly white bikini top and barely there bottoms, she looked absolutely sensational.
The Sun
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Nick Gevers said it best: "(the novel) tells in sumptuous claustrophobic detail just how alien -- and alienated -- a human society might become, portraying a mighty far-future city state driven by absolute standards of meritocracy turning against itself in hysteria and bloodshed
Jack Vance "To Live Forever" & other extravaganzas
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The doubtfulness of it comes out, by the way, when it is noticed that this idea can make two items that are in a fundamental way absolutely identical into two different thoughts.
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If you criticize him, it's like a red rag to a bull-he gets absolutely furious.
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Sadly I find male voices in opera absolutely insufferable.
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Although the appearance of the young man was absolutely horrid, the one blue and one brown eye could never be mistaken.
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Roberts also has absolutely no experience - zippo - in the criminal justice system.
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But many economists believe that relative poverty rather than absolute standards is what matters.
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Absolute pitch or refers to the ability some have to identify pitches by hearing alone.
