Sentence examples similar to Inordinate respect from inspiring English sources

The military and American society extend an inordinate amount of respect and deference to leadership, but do not focus enough on the responsibilities that accompany leadership positions.

Inordinate contention attends complex socio-technical problems like global warming.

Of Bill Clinton and the Monica Lewinsky scandal he suggests that the president's behavior "arose in part from his inordinate interest in and curiosity about people," adding, "In respect of men, it was expressed in friendship; in respect of women, there was potentially a sexual element".

Easily enraged, Spark always demanded inordinate levels of attention and discretion; she thirsted for respect and invited protection, but, as her biographer amply demonstrates, "the border between protection and oppression was always narrow".

"The feeling of cultural inequality comes out of the perception that it is urban culture that gets everything," she says, meaning that her interview subjects feel that cities are receiving inordinate financial rewards as well as media attention and cultural respect.

My ex went on a scorched-earth mission and I spent inordinate amounts of time and psychic energy trying to reason with him and get him to respect me as the mother of our children.

"One of the things we respect and admire so much about President Obama is that we don't get overly stroked or paid an inordinate amount of attention to," Mr. Spahn said.

"AN INORDINATE fondness for beetles".

It's an inordinate form".

The inordinate delays impose heavy tolls.

Were they under inordinate stress?