Sentences with phrase «used as status symbols»

Ornamental dogs had been used as status symbols the world over for centuries.

Animals should not be treated as possessions, and in a humane world, would not be bought and sold, used as status symbols, or otherwise exploited.

Mechanical watches down the ages have been used as a status symbol.

I know if a new book by William Gibson or Neil Gaimon came out and was one of a kind, with a very limited run, I would certainly spend $ 200 on it and use it as a status symbol.

Hats at the time were used as a status symbol.

They are so often used as a status symbol, and even to intimidate rival gangs.

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It is ironic that the very activists who emerged from this new environment developed the strategy of claiming victim status through the use of such symbols as the pink triangle.

Evidence shows that in Germany, where these little mannequins originated, doctors used these dolls not as explanatory aids but rather as status symbols, conveying the doctor's expertise of the female body.

Case and his colleagues concluded that most were used for military purposes, such as spotting distant ships or approaching troops, or were simply collected as status symbols, before they achieved widespread scientific use.

When we use being busy as a status symbol, we are holding the egocentric belief that «I am busy, therefore I am important.»

We have hundreds of examples; one might be that the rainbow used to be a symbol of God's wrath on a decadent society, and another of course would be The Devil himself — once feared by believers and even non-believers alike — but nowdays is consigned along with the Bible and Jesus resurrection to «myth» status and cartoonised as a little man in red pants and a pitch fork.

The steel rotors are the proper choice here; overused as status symbols, carbon ceramics tend to be awful in the real world with noise and vibration that aren't worth their excessive cost in daily use.

Unlike the Range Rover, an S - class can't ford three feet of water, but celebrities, athletes, and the wealthy use both vehicles as status symbols.

First and foremost, the X6 gave the customer base a vehicle that can be used as both a performance vehicle with some off road capabilities, as a fashion statement, a luxury status symbol and a comfortable long trip vehicle as well.

These animals are used to gain profit, for fighting and entertainment, and they serve as status symbols for most of the people living in the city.

The people creating the most problem with dogs are: those using dogs as status symbols for the wrong reasons; undereducated owners who do not realize the time it takes to properly raise any dog; those who unintentionally allow undesired behaviors to grow and fail to address them.

These essential household accoutrements are showcased within the grounds of Villa Belong Dua along with a traditional thatched Balinese rice barn from the village; now more often used as a playhouse, but once a symbol of social status indicating the ownership of precious rice - fields.

In many cases game creators may not even realize their mechanics are working to cement this mentality, but when games use a woman's affection, her body, or her sexuality as a carrot on a stick, they're actively encouraging men to think of women as objects, prizes, and status symbols.

Use of an archaic status symbol such as a fountain pen these days is paramount to saying «I'm important / rich enough to have someone else do the transcription to word processor!».

I am not completely discounting this being a possible necessary govt role because what happens if a sizeable proportion of people are rich enough and want to retain use of gas guzzling muscle ICE cars as status symbols despite high carbon taxes while it also becomes clear we need to get to zero net emissions?

«We used to be poor and look forward to owning a car as a status symbol, but we have to get over that,» Wang tells the Monitor.

The newest iPhone, whose name has already leaked out as iPhone X, will be like the original in that it will be higher in price than most people are used to paying for phones, it will be constrained in availability due to the difficulty of its manufacture, and it will serve as a status symbol for its owners.

The rest of the world still had yet to catch up on the use of the rug as a status symbol as well as elegant interior decoration, but the Middle East and Asia had already started to make the most of their affinity for area rugs.