Royce, influenced though he was by German Idealism as a whole, can hardly be called a thoroughgoing. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
Ordinary happiness is part of it but should not be conflated with the kind of thoroughgoing happiness the pantheist thinks it is possible to attain now and again. From Wordnik.com. [Pantheism] Reference
King and his show had some endearing and admirable qualities not least his dedication to long interviews, "thoroughgoing" he was not. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference
Rod, for one, expresses respectful doubts; he just doesn't see any kind of thoroughgoing populist rethinking as plausible in an America as diverse as ours is today. From Wordnik.com. [In Medias Res] Reference
The thoroughgoing romanticist will accept no other test. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
In the words of one of their most thoroughgoing admirers. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
Like, say, that Whitman's advertising is a thoroughgoing lie. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Bill Clinton Hearts Jerry Brown! (And Other Tales of Intrigue)] Reference
All through Ohio settled many such high minded, thoroughgoing. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference
The first alternative is compatible with thoroughgoing vitalism. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
Scientific method is merely common sense made more thoroughgoing and systematic. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
A drastic and thoroughgoing child-labor law should be enacted for the District of. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Only the National Government can in thoroughgoing fashion exercise the needed control. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
“At Stuttgart and Frankfurt I found the peace people more thoroughgoing in their sentiments.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
Scotch-Irish and the Fair Play settlers of the West Branch Valley can be seen as thoroughgoing democrats. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography] Reference
Pending a thoroughgoing investigation and action there is certain legislation which should be enacted at once. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
In all events, for a permanent and thoroughgoing solution of labor troubles we must turn to some other method. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
Every relaxation of the old thoroughgoing position was welcomed and supported by converts only half converted. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
To do that in a logical and thoroughgoing way it would be necessary to discuss elaborately the meaning first of. From Wordnik.com. [Philosophy and Religion Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge] Reference
The second reason why the health-care wave is fading is this: so far, this isn't "reform" in any thoroughgoing sense. From Wordnik.com. [Endless Summer] Reference
Theodore Roosevelt was a thoroughgoing, bred-in-the-bone individualist, but not as the term is ordinarily understood. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
It is not their character so much that I have a contempt for, though that contempt is thoroughgoing, but their minds. From Wordnik.com. [Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him] Reference
We employed as solicitor a Mr. David Howell of 105 Cheapside, and a thoroughgoing, unprincipled rascal he proved to be. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
Of course it is not till we come to Byron that we meet the most thoroughgoing expression of this contempt for the public. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
And this store of materials can only be attained through a thoroughgoing acquaintance with the particular field of inquiry. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
When Congress adjourned in September, 1789, after its first session, it had completed a thoroughgoing political revolution. From Wordnik.com. [The Wars Between England and America] Reference
Among the financial and industrial classes, therefore, confidence in President McKinley and his advisors was thoroughgoing. From Wordnik.com. [The United States Since the Civil War] Reference
The most profound utterances of poets on this subject, however, show them to be, not rationalists, but thoroughgoing Platonists. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
Barry, predictably, called the non-punishment a "vindication" and decried Robert S. Bennett's thoroughgoing investigative report. From Wordnik.com. [DeMorning DeBonis: Aug. 3, 2010] Reference
Davis was a loyal friend, a thoroughgoing American devoted to the best interests of his country, courageous, sympathetic, and true. From Wordnik.com. [Appreciations of Richard Harding Davis] Reference
One activist said Foxconn's Wednesday rally was unlikely to boost morale and does not replace the need for more thoroughgoing reforms. From Wordnik.com. [Foxconn Rallies (PHOTOS): iPhone Factory Suicides Spur Corporate Pep Rally] Reference
Lady Vernon-Harcourt, to sight and hearing, seems almost a typical and thoroughgoing English woman, but Mrs. George Cornwallis-West and the. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
Increasingly, one of those expendable activities is the process of gathering intelligence through a thoroughgoing analysis of customer complaints. From Wordnik.com. [Customer Satisfaction? Try Customer Compliance] Reference
Baccheschi Berti and his wife, Aurora, preside over one of the more eccentric and thoroughgoing fairy-tale environments you will ever rent a night in. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Tuscany] Reference
If she has a thoroughgoing conquest of London planned out, she does not put up at a fashionable hotel and spread her fine plumage and wait for notice. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
The time is right for thoroughgoing tax reform — a true clean slate — that will bring in more revenue while giving the public a greater sense of fairness. From Wordnik.com. [Clean Slate Time] Reference
Foster Dulles's robust Calvinism didn't take with young Avery, who would say in later years that he left Choate for Harvard a thoroughgoing skeptic and agnostic. From Wordnik.com. [The Very Model Of Lucidity] Reference
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