(n.) One who chooses; one who has the power or right of choosing; an elector.
Example Sentences:
(1) For the billions of the poorest people around the world who rely on philanthropic aid to meet even basic needs, as the saying goes, “beggars can’t be choosers”.
(2) "It would be nice if Arsenal could pick up the odd trophy along the way, but beggars can't always be choosers."
(3) In contrast to the results with amphetamine, the choosers showed negligible subjective drug effects.
(4) Beggars have been choosers, and they chose to do the right thing by their artists.
(5) For example, alcohol increased elation and vigor scores in the consistent choosers of alcohol, whereas it decreased scores on these measures in the consistent placebo choosers.
(6) The drug did not increase scores on standardized measures of drug euphoria, even among the most frequent choosers or the heaviest alcohol consumers.
(7) Diaphragm choosers, however, were better students, of higher socioeconomic status, and had fewer prior pregnancies.
(8) Red also was rated highest in prototypicality but was not rated higher by red choosers than by choosers of other colors, so that a simple prototypicality explanation was rejected.
(9) Diaphragm choosers, however, were better students, of higher socioeconomic status, and had had fewer prior pregnancies.
(10) When subjects were categorized into caffeine choosers or nonchoosers, caffeine choosers tended to report positive subjective effects of caffeine and negative subjective effects of placebo.
(11) The non-choosers showed appreciable subjective effects, which were predominantly sedative in quality.
(12) The two subject groups showed markedly different subjective responses to the stimulant drug: the choosers reported increased positive mood and euphoria, whereas the non-choosers reported only increased anxiety and depression.
(13) In Part II, the subjective effects of diazepam in consistent choosers of diazepam were compared to the subjective effects in consistent non-choosers of the drug.
(14) When subjects were divided into groups of caffeine-sensitive choosers and nonchoosers, a consistent relationship emerged between caffeine choice and subjective effects; nonchoosers reported primarily aversive effects after caffeine (increased anxiety and dysphoria), whereas choosers reported stimulant and "positive" mood effects.
(15) Consistent alcohol choosers did not differ from placebo choosers in gender or age but they reported more marijuana use and slightly more alcohol use outside the laboratory.
(16) In the year following prescription, continuous use for 12 months was reported by 43% of diaphragm choosers and 45% of pill choosers, with significantly more pill (26%) than diaphragm (8%) choosers reporting discontinued use for at least one month while remaining sexually active.
(17) It was a 'beggars can't be choosers mentality' that gave the broadcaster the upper hand in dishing out notes and casting suggestions and schedule deadlines.
(18) The 73 diaphragm choosers did not differ from the 51 pill choosers in age, race, or reason for their original visit to the health service.
(19) However, subjective responses to diazepam differed in the 0-2-time choosers compared with the 5-time choosers: the 0-2-time choosers showed an increase on the measure of confusion, while the 5-time choosers showed decreases on measures of anxiety and confusion and increases on measures of stimulation.
(20) In the year following prescription, continuous use for 12 months was reported by 43% of diaphragm choosers and 45% of pill choosers, with significantly more pill (26%) than diaphragm (8%) choosers reporting discontinued use for at least 1 month while remaining sexually active.
Chose
Definition:
(imp.) of Choose
() of Choose
(n.) A thing; personal property.
() imp. & p. p. of Choose.
Example Sentences:
(1) If women psychiatrists are to fill some of the positions in Departments of Psychiatry, which will fall vacant over the next decade, much more attention must be paid to eliminating or diminishing the multiple obstacles for women who chose a career in academic psychiatry.
(2) Subjects initially chose to work for the higher rated food, but as the constraints for this food increased, subjects chose to work for the lower rated food.
(3) The sensitivity threshold level was defined as the lightest probe in which the subject accurately chose the correct interval in at least 2 out of 3 trials.
(4) In order to determine an histological high-risk group, we chose cases with preneoplastic conditions (60 CAG, 10 biopsies of gastric remnants, 3 flat adenomas and 55 gastrectomies by cancer or ulcer).
(5) Six in 10 of our members chose to back Neil Findlay because they support his policies.
(6) In contrast 30.4% of adults approached chose CSII, and 32% had discontinued after one year.
(7) A deadline for bids had been set for the previous midnight, but East chose to ignore it.
(8) On the basis of investigations of the malarial blood-stage antigens SERP, HRPII, and MSAI from Plasmodium falciparum, we chose two Escherichia coli-expressed hybrid proteins containing selected partial sequences of these antigens.
(9) We chose, as a model peptide, a B-cell epitope from the pre-S(2) region of Hepatitis B virus.
(10) Napthine chose not to directly criticise Tony Abbott – it’s not his style – but the coolness was clear.
(11) Rather than challenging the Lib Dem policy on Trident, Miliband chose to criticise Cameron's comments about the renewal of Trident in last Thursday's leadership debate.
(12) Interschool participants ranked grades and sports first or second, while nonparticipants chose looks as most important for achieving popularity.
(13) The prime minister told the Radio Times he was a fan of the "brilliant" US musical drama Glee, preferred Friends to The West Wing, and chose Lady Gaga over Madonna, and Cheryl Cole over Simon Cowell.
(14) Ferguson’s influence at Old Trafford has clearly waned since the Moyes appointment but, notably, there is no admission on his part that he chose the wrong man, insisting that the club followed a rigorous and methodical selection process.
(15) In fact, the large scattering angle we chose, theta = 135 degrees, allowed us to assemble a very compact source-detector device.
(16) He chose to be a man, not an artist, in this painting, and to claim no dignity except that which everyone deserves.
(17) A spokesperson for Plaid Cymru said: “On 5 May, Wales chose not to elect one single party to govern Wales with a majority.
(18) The authors chose 17-beta-E2 as ligand because the plasma steroid binding system has not been shown to be homogeneous and because this binding function may vary independently for the different steroids.
(19) David Owen chose the weekend of the Lib Dem conference to offer his personal advice about the AV referendum.
(20) The Japanese Psychosomatic Society chose the best of both in setting its goals.