It wasn't by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short. The laws of prose writing are as immutable as those of flight, of mathematics, of physics. From LearnThat.org. [Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), U.S. author. Letter, July 23, 1945. Selected Letters, ed. Carlos Baker (1981).]
Even space, seemingly immutable, is able to be truncated by circumstance. From Wordnik.com. [Good morning, Melaque: one day in a small Mexico beach town] Reference
But let us step back further: must stage-genres remain immutable, bounded wholes, or are they subject to transformation?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
But here, A String object is called immutable (read-only) because its value cannot be modified once it has been created. From Wordnik.com. [ASP.NET Forums] Reference
There are certain immutable truths. From Wordnik.com. [Rielle Hunter reveals new details] Reference
They assert that we too are born into the "immutable" class. From Wordnik.com. [Patricia Nell Warren: Civil Rights for Gays: Does "Immutable" Really Describe Us?] Reference
Further, she said the document is not living, but "immutable". From Wordnik.com. [Michelle Schweiger Schecter: Empathy For The Devil] Reference
The 'immutable' in them is Jiva, or Chit as invested with ignorance. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
How did "immutable" get to be some people's gold standard for defining civil rights?. From Wordnik.com. [Patricia Nell Warren: Civil Rights for Gays: Does "Immutable" Really Describe Us?] Reference
A trial also would focus on the question of whether homosexuality is "immutable," i.e. whether it can be changed. From Wordnik.com. [Ted Johnson: Proposition 8 Campaign Tactics: Ripe for a Trial?] Reference
Note 2: Articles in a printed newspaper or magazine are "immutable": once they're published, they can't be changed. From Wordnik.com. [Shouting conservative accused of assaulting elderly woman at health care rally] Reference
There are too many "immutable" things that can change in this world. From Wordnik.com. [The SQLTeam.com Weblogs] Reference
Games, you remember, go by a kind of immutable rotation -- as much a law of childhood as gravitation of the universe. From Wordnik.com. [Penguin Persons & Peppermints] Reference
The problem lies with a clause in the French civil code adopted after the war stipulating that family names are "immutable". From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
Do they want that to be understood or are they content to sustain the myth that Israel and the US have some kind of immutable alignment?. From Wordnik.com. [War in Context] Reference
"immutable," or beyond the class members 'control; and (4) the political power of the subject class. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
That's a sad but immutable fact of political life. From Wordnik.com. [The Cycle Of Sensationalism] Reference
The White House insists that the July 1 handover date is immutable. From Wordnik.com. [THE DARK ROAD AHEAD] Reference
Just because it seems stable over the years doesn't mean it's immutable. From Wordnik.com. [When DNA is Not Destiny] Reference
As a child you naturally believe that the world around you is immutable. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Mangan: I say, chaps, the queerest thing has happened…] Reference
Like physics, the world of money seems to have its own set of immutable laws. From Wordnik.com. [Two (really annoying) laws of personal finance] Reference
And an immutable corollary is that the lower the efficiency, the higher the casualties. From Wordnik.com. ['We'll Win, But...'] Reference
That memory linking sound and fear, which was supposed to be immutable, was now defunct. From Wordnik.com. [To Pluck a Rooted Sorrow] Reference
But a drive through Riyadh refuses to deliver the building's apparently immutable message. From Wordnik.com. [Todd Reisz and Rory Hyde: Riyadh's Icon-Clad Perspectives] Reference
Throughout, Pakistan has held an immutable belief in its own cultural superiority to India. From Wordnik.com. [Doug Noll: On Afghanistan, No Easy Way Out] Reference
And he would exist solely in the interstices between self-deliverance and immutable stillness. From Wordnik.com. [Fasting to a Comfortable Death] Reference
Once again this case reminded us of the immutable truth about the court: Predict at Your Peril. From Wordnik.com. [A Supreme Moment] Reference
There is one immutable phone therapy law: what doesn't get shrunk are the patients 'phone bills. From Wordnik.com. [Dial 'P' For Psychotherapy] Reference
But the basic cartography of the adult brain was thought to be as immutable as the color of your eyes. From Wordnik.com. [When Does Your Brain Stop Making New Neurons?] Reference
They keep probing, as if one more episode or bit of information would finally unearth the clear, immutable truth. From Wordnik.com. [The Many Faces Of Gorbachev] Reference
A good president recognizes that changing circumstances will force adjustments and rethinking; reality is not immutable. From Wordnik.com. [The Editor’s Desk] Reference
Name a reputable contemporary biologist or social scientist who would agree with your concept of race as innate and immutable. From Wordnik.com. [The Debate Continues] Reference
A central enigma in biology is whether growing old is the result of random environmental factors or an immutable genetic clock. From Wordnik.com. [Outsmart Your Genes, Be Young Forever] Reference
Announce that said hero loved your song "Good to Go," but then decline to play it, suggesting that each night's set list is immutable. From Wordnik.com. [In concert: Jason Aldean at Merriweather Post Pavilion] Reference
I'm going for the timeless universal cool here, people -- the thing that is immutable and results in your further growth and happiness. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Ali Binazir: What Makes a Smart Person Cool in College?] Reference
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