Example sentences for: preston

How can you use “preston” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • There was Kelly Preston, the wife of John Travolta, her blond pile of hair covering only the top half of her skull, her nape and temples brown.

  • Shortly after her arrival, Preston convenes members of her new lab to filter those seeking financial and other derivative rewards from the truly devoted, who are motivated solely by their “sense of wonder and amazement” and their desire to “cultivate what Einstein referred to as ‘holy curiosity.

  • Kalima's struggle to claim her “true lineage” is much more than a simple choice between her biological mother (Reid) and her intellectual mentor (Preston).

  • When Dan, a white colleague in Kalima's lab who is also her boyfriend, hears that Preston has chosen Kalima to appear with her on television, he jealously accuses her of benefiting from preferential treatment.

  • From the cover: In this book, Professor Preston assesses the relationship between second language acquisition and sociolinguistics, focusing in particular on the findings of quantitative sociolinguists.


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