Singled Sentence Examples

Why had Cade singled her out for the job?

He was cast alongside Val Kilmer and was singled out by reviewers for his performance.

I was tidying up some details when my computer singled an incoming message, from Merrill Cooms.

The corpse may be burnt, in part or as a whole; portions may be assigned to the priest, the sacrificer and the gods; the skull, bones, &c., may receive special treatment; the fat or blood may be set aside, and they or the ashes may be singled out as the share of the god, to be offered upon the altar; the skin of the victim may be employed as a covering for the idol or material representative of the god, either permanently or till the next annual sacrifice.

If one especial peculiarity can be singled out, it is the extreme restraint and simplicity of the verbal treatment.

This tradition is important in spite of the fact that it first comes clearly before us in a writer belonging to the latter part of the 2nd century, because the prominence and fame of Luke were not such as would of themselves have led to his being singled out to have a Gospel attributed to him.

A few of her voluminous writings, which include poems, plays, novels, short stories, essays, collections of aphorisms, &c., may be singled out for special mention.

So in Triumph of Life, 265, "Whom from the flock of conquerors I Fame singled out for her thunderbearing minion," out seems to be due to the compositor.

Lysias and Polemarchus were on a list of ten singled out to be the first victims. Polemarchus was arrested, and compelled to drink hemlock.

One of his motives in taking this course no doubt was a strong personal dislike of Peel, with whom he had often been in collision, and who had singled him out in 1829 for what must be called a marked affront.

It would appear also that the rulers were always singled out for divine grace, and in the earlier periods of the history, owing to the prevailing view that the rulers stood nearer to the gods than other mortals, the kings were deified after death, and in some instances divine honours were paid to them even during their lifetime.

Parnell in 1890 until January 1896; but his Nationalism was of a temperate and orderly kind, and though his personal distinction singled him out for the chairmanship during the party dissensions of this period, he was in no active sense the political leader.

On the next stop Edmundo singled out a very attractive young girl, with a very pert derrière trying to find a seat.

They especially singled out the CWA Anthology Crime on the Move as a highly praiseworthy collection.

Post-positions, pa or be and ma, are required by the noun (substantive or adjective) that is to be singled out; po or bo (masc.) and mo (fern.) are used for distinction of gender or for emphasis.

And he singled out trainee reporter Marie Levy who co-ordinated the appeal.

Discrimination-being singled out and distinguished in a crowd-has never felt this good!

It's generally accepted that cats create the purring noise through a series of vibrations in their throat, although there is no actual organ that has been singled out as the "thing that makes cats purr."

Shortly after posing for Playboy in 1996, Carmen Electra began appearing regularly on Baywatch and MTV's Singled Out.

Your goal should be to do something that will have the person laughing with everyone else, not feeling singled out or humiliated.

To prove their case, some psychiatrists point to the fact that boys are up to six times more likely to be diagnosed with GID and singled out for treatment than girls.

They tend to be "loners" who exhibit signs of vulnerability before being singled out by a bully.

Many of these people settled in the western United States, and while they were welcomed for many years, Chinese immigrants were erroneously singled out to take the blame when the economy sputtered after the Gold Rush.

If the whole family has bad eating habits, they will need to make changes so the overweight kids do not feel they are being singled out.

These two, in particular, have long been singled out and thrown into the spotlight on many occasions.

A particular group of six participants was singled out for recognition.

Getting the whole family involved is the way to go, especially so she does not feel as if she's being singled out.

If the pediatrician recommends a weight-reducing diet, then the best approach is to adjust the eating habits of the entire family to prevent the child's being humiliated by being singled out.

Beta-carotene, lycopene, and lutein have been singled out as extremely potent antioxidants.

You will never be singled out for a rate increase, no matter what turn your health takes.

It is tough being black, being a woman, being handicapped, being singled out for anything.

Goodtime Charlie O'Connell, brother to actor Jerry O'Connell, singled out cutie Sarah Brice from the herd.

One woman is singled out as having done the best for the day and one woman is put into the "hot seat" because of something she did (or didn't do) that earned her the title of having done the poorest job.