(n.) The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression.
(n.) That which refreshes; means of restoration or reanimation; especially, an article of food or drink.
Example Sentences:
(1) Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Asked if Watson should seek to refresh his mandate after Corbyn’s overwhelming victory among members, McCluskey added: “Well, if Tom wants to try to refresh his mandate it would be interesting to see what happens.” Watson said it was time “to be proud of our party”, because the Conservatives were beatable and the prime minister, Theresa May, could call an election any time.
(2) You're more likely to awake refreshed, because inside your mattress there's a special sensor that monitors your sleeping rhythms, determining precisely when to wake you so as not to interrupt an REM cycle.
(3) The refreshing aspect of the success of this campaign was that a grassroots movement started in the community, rallied widespread support including academics, artists and politicians, and took control of deciding what constitutes racism and the bounds of acceptability.
(4) A look inside the building shows paintwork that could do with a refresh.
(5) There was a significant relationship between subjects' self-rating of knowledge and performance, suggesting that this method could be used to prioritize staff for basic or refresher training.
(6) While their defending still leaves much to be desired, particularly from set-pieces, their football under Rodgers has been refreshingly electric, with Luis Suarez, Coutinho, Jordan Henderson and Raheem Sterling in wonderful form.
(7) The resulting group OSCE (GOSCE) was used as an introductory session in two residential refresher courses for general practitioners.
(8) His best collaborators and students, such as Joyce Molyneux, late of the Carved Angel in Dartmouth, and Stephen Markwick, also late of Markwick's in Bristol, first reproduced his style, then refreshed it with their own imaginations, and the eclectic style of cooking associated with the 1980s.
(9) It was refreshing to see that the programme highlighted some of the frustrations in the decision making process.
(10) There has been the odd refreshing exception to this distressing trend – notably the anti-X Factor Killing In the Name by Rage Against The Machine in 2009 .
(11) • MPs and peers need to refresh their memories periodically about the Nolan Principles.
(12) Recommendations are made for expansion of ancillary services, for postgraduate and refresher training, and for modifications in the legal and police system.
(13) The problem of denying defendants their constitutional rights was the reason we have argued that defendants' hypnotically refreshed testimony should generally be permitted, whereas the unreliability of hypnotically elicited memories and the manner in which hypnosis diminishes the effectiveness of cross-examination make the general exclusion of testimony from hypnotized witnesses essential (M. T. Orne, 1982).
(14) Seventy-two percent were still confident in their ability to perform CPR, although no one had performed the technique on a real victim; 61.9% thought there should have been more manikin practice time; 92.2% still had their CPR refresher card.
(15) She also disarmingly reports: "He says I don't know a lot, which is beautiful and really refreshing."
(16) Finally, it is always refreshing to see an English coach succeed.
(17) Photograph: Popperfoto The director, Paul Andrew Williams, best known for the acclaimed L ondon to Brighton , is a refreshingly unpretentious and unflappable director, despite having had to conduct an orchestra of several languages and locations.
(18) The phrase "time to water the tree of liberty" - a reference to a famous quotation from Thomas Jefferson, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" - is also frequently used by a right wing group called Stormfront , motto White Pride World Wide.
(19) Tony Abbott's handling of this issue is a refreshing change to way Labor engaged with the states.” Abbott denied the major states had forced him into a backflip, saying the government had been working calmly and methodically on the issue.
(20) The retention study also addressed itself to the question whether a 28-minute "refresher" film on CPR skills prior to the test would serve to improve performance of CPR skills.
Tableware
Definition:
(n.) Ware, or articles collectively, for table use.
Example Sentences:
(1) Samples taken from tableware, tools and workers' hands were tested microbiologically.
(2) Waterford Wedgwood has suffered from falling demand for its high-quality crystal, china and other tableware, and has recorded a loss for the last five years.
(3) Perhaps now is the time to reach for altogether plainer tableware and glasses, for Kaj Frank bowls at one end of the price range, but more likely to Duralex tumblers at the other as we face a future of, as it were, porridge and tap water rather than the fine wines and dainty dishes it's hard not to associate with Waterford and Wedgwood.
(4) Three days later, her thoughts had shifted from infant tableware to transport.
(5) Release of lead and cadmium from plastic tableware was examined.
(6) The figures suggest encouraging signs for homewares' retailers reporting an 8% increase in underlying sales in December compared with last year, bolstered by demand for decorations and tableware.
(7) The maker of compostable tableware has been named as Scotland’s third-fastest growing technology company .
(8) These limited rights included the right to sell "tangible" products such as "figurines, tableware, stationery items, clothing, and the like", but did not include "electronic or digital rights, rights in media yet to be devised or other intangibles such as rights in services".
(9) There are 40 big firms in the core business, with 6,000 people working on tableware.
(10) According to the artist, Saatchi once displayed the piece in the dining room of his Belgravia home, surrounded by 19th century baroque silver tableware.
(11) She previously received 3,000 hryvnia (£150) a month in child benefits, her parents received 2,600 hryvnia in pension payments, and Denis earned 50 to 100 hryvnia a day working in a tableware factory during winter – Slavyansk is known for its ceramics – and on building sites in summer.
(12) You've made all the ceramic tableware and done 239 drawings for the walls.
(13) The firm moved lock, stock and ceramic figurine to the Potteries in Staffordshire in 1956, where it has specialised in tableware and "collectables", the ceramic figures that have featured so prominently in weekend supplement ads in recent decades and which may or may not be to your taste.
(14) With the tableware, I've tried to make work that is slightly ambient and interacts with the food, so there's messages in the bottom of the teacups and the surfaces are a bit wibbly-wobbly.