point of observation
Example Sentences
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History comes with its very own Doppler effect: as our point of observation changes, so does our understanding of what we are seeing.
From Time Magazine Archive
The old Frenchwoman moved about her tiny kitchen,—her infinitesimally tiny kitchen,—and I watched her from my point of observation, seated on a tiny chair, at a tiny table, squeezed up into a tiny corner.
From A Woman's Experience in the Great War by Mack, Louise
After a cautious glance around, he drew from under his coat an object that looked, from her point of observation, like an ordinary fruit jar.
From The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky by Wood, Henry C.
A turn of the lever, and he, too, could sit down, and from his lofty point of observation leisurely watch the mile-a-minute special flash by.
From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen
Ralph from his point of observation watched him descend the stairs and close the door after him as he went out into the storm, faced in the direction of the town.
From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen
