designs

Synonyms

Phrases with the word

Examples

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs. Denis Diderot

Lofty designs must close in like effects. Robert Browning

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition. Thomas Jefferson

If our designs for private houses are to be correct, we must at the outset take note of the countries and climates in which they are built. Vitruvius

Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones. Herbert Simon

He who makes more of you than usual either designs to cheat you or wants your assistance. Mexican Proverb