sty

How To Use sty In A Sentence

• In my view his confrontational, gladiatorial style has been a major contributor to the widespread disdain of the British public for politicians generally. Times, Sunday Times
• The hat, I think the style was called fedora, had a dark band and a dint in the top, which my father would sometimes correct with a chopping action of his right hand.
• It had this atmosphere of being a bit fusty, musty and middle class. Times, Sunday Times
• Another friend notes a shift in the type of gifts given at wedding showers, a reversion to 1950s-style offerings: soup ladles and frilly aprons are being unwrapped along with see-through nighties and push-up bras.
• The model nature of Windsor involved imitation, as of the Tudor style, to make a statement with a lot of leisure about it.
• Beard is rather dismissive of their optical sophistication, shown in the curvature of the stylobate and in the entasis of the columns — the slight outward swelling of a column designed to counter the optical illusion of concavity, were the columns 'sides to be perfectly straight. Looking for the Lost Greeks
• It sounds like a lot of hassle, a real triumph of so-called style over substance.
• If they come in close and start getting a bit tasty, then they find I can hand it out too.
• Helping him to do so, meanwhile, is Proteus' feisty betrothed, Marina, who gives as good as she gets in helping to ensure Sinbad doesn't stray from his path, while winning over the respect of his crew.
• A sedentary lifestyle also spells bad news for hips and thighs: increase your circulation by taking more exercise.