Example sentences for: shales

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

  • Columnist Tom Shales describes the quandary: "We interrupt the impeachment to bring you the bombing.

  • Even a "semi-spontaneous tribute to Muhammad Ali couldn't rescue the festivities," says Brian Lowry of the Los Angeles Times . Redeeming features included the return of master of ceremonies Billy Crystal and his "repeated relief from the pretentiousness of presenters" (Tom Shales, the Washington Post ); Jessica Yu's crack that her evening's outfit cost more than her Oscar-winning documentary; and David Helfgott's performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee . (See "The Week/The Spin" for more on the results.)

  • Most agree with Tom Shales of the Washington Post , who says watching this film "is like having a hangover without the fun of getting happily plastered in the first place."

  • Post TV critic Tom Shales takes a long backstage look at the meddling by NBC executives that led to the firing of Norm MacDonald from "Saturday Night Live"'s Weekend Update anchor chair.

  • Caruso, as a dour, crusading prosecutor, is called, alternatively, "credible" and "likable" (Shales, the Washington Post ), and humorless and "as virtuous as John Calvin" (Leonard, New York ). (See CBS's preview.)


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