Sentence examples for * undermines in from inspiring English sources

The withdrawal of its support undermines - in one blow - the legitimacy of those treaties that America has absconded from.

The number of blacks on the street undermines, in the most obvious way, the numerical fraud that puts us at less than one-fifth of the population.

Placed slyly in the back of magazines whose readership is largely made up of teenage girls, the accompanying text gently undermines in order to make their audience more receptive to their seductions.

To my mind, Mr. Carter's presentation badly misrepresents the Middle East proposals advanced by President Bill Clinton in 2000, and in so doing undermines, in a small but important way, efforts to bring peace to the region.

And that undermines buy-in, one reason for bringing disparate individuals to the table in the first place.

It undermines confidence in the media, in democracy, in the EU, in Nato, in the west".

PARIS — The European economy appears to be slowing further, private-sector data showed Thursday, raising the possibility that the recession will deepen even as the crisis in Cyprus undermines faith in the future of currency union.

Third, variation in exposure undermines power in all studies of infectious disease, such that large effect sizes are unlikely.

"When someone in a position of trust engages in conduct like this, it undermines confidence in the military," Judge Korman said.

In the first, speed undermines precision; in the second, brevity destroys form.

Whenever a person is perceived to act in a way that undermines trust in any of these areas, trust overall is diminished.