in practice

Example Sentences

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Yet what also interests me about that lyric is how easily we forget it in practice.

From Salon

But in practice, the plasma in a commercial reactor would need to multiply energy between 20 and 60 times, a threshold no system has approached.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I feel amazing. I felt really bad in practice, that's usually a good sign, you can only get better from there," Gilding told Sky Sports.

From BBC

Slowing down looks mundane in practice: giving eggs and butter time to lose their chill before baking; letting meat rest instead of slicing into it triumphantly too soon.

From Salon

Cronin said earlier in the week that Booker sprained his ankle in practice, an injury the big man appeared to exacerbate against Arizona State on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times