How do you use Defining in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like shaping or process, plus the exact meaning.
Defining in a sentence
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Defining meaning
present participle and gerund of define
Example sentences (20)
Cruise has been a box-office draw for over forty years, defining the cinematic landscape of the 80s, 90s, and 2000s.
He doubles down and points out hypocrisy surrounding the "Me Too" movement, before defining himself as a proud feminist.
It sets out the mechanism for appointing the CEO of the Authority, as well as defining their responsibilities.
A primary focus of the 2023 drilling program is defining and following structures responsible for localizing higher-grades.
It feels like this is going to the defining question of a tournament England could otherwise be hugely confident of winning.
Among the billions of records available online, you will find a wide variety that detail the defining moments of their lives.
A defining feature of this history was the mining companies’ blatant disregard for worker safety and environmental safeguards.
For both leaders, this campaign is about defining their legacies as well as shaping the nation’s furure.
Likewise, because technique can vary greatly between cultures, defining art primarily by technique risks narrowing one’s lens.
George MacKay delivers a career-defining performance here, one that is so staggeringly vulnerable at times it hurts to look at him.
Ogundiran’s importance on teamwork is one of the defining characteristics of his professional path.
Priest’s loss, however, would set him up for a career-defining moment later in the show: cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase.
A Thames Water spokesperson said: ‘There are a number of methodologies for defining and calculating why and how dry day spills occur.
Spykman wrote his defining works in the early 1940s, when Eurasia was nearly overrun by the Axis.
Born in Bromley, Herbert George Wells is the man behind some era-defining science fiction books.
Harris says that in world building, one of the first steps is thinking about defining features.
I think the parties and the candidates have to do a better job of defining what they stand for.
Orient captain Darren Pratley knows filling those gaps could prove a season-defining challenge.
It's undeniable that American Horror Story has claimed a place in pop culture history as one of the defining shows of the modern TV era.
Speaking about it, he had told PTI earlier, “I’m ecstatic to be part of the genre-defining adventure reality show MTV Roadies yet again.
Common combinations with defining
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the defining 31×
- defining the 25×
- defining moment 14×
- be defining 9×
- of defining 8×
- in defining 8×
- defining characteristic 6×
- by defining 6×
- defining moments 6×
- defining new 5×
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