Sentence examples for a Byzantine plot from inspiring English sources

He does not think Kunst is involved, but accuses other critics of a byzantine plot to ruin his run, including making threatening phone-calls and dispatching troublemakers posing as journalists to disrupt his press conferences.

Mr Dink's family insists that the killer was acting under orders from rogue ultra-nationalist elements within the security forces, who, in turn, were probably linked to a Byzantine plot known as "Kafes" or Cage.Scores of suspects, including three admirals tied to Kafes are being tried on charges of conspiring to murder Christians in Turkey.

The byzantine plot features a lot of skulduggery and double-crosses.

In this he is dead-on, but his byzantine plot dulls an otherwise witty edge.

He wrote a "bible" for the show that contained more than two years' worth of byzantine plot twists and ample histories for its characters, a customary tool to guide its script writers.

Populated with bad women who stomp around in mink coats puffing angrily on cigarettes, and good women who lower their eyes demurely, "The Great Lie" was written by Lenore Coffee, stars Mary Astor and Bette Davis (cast against type as the good woman), and features more Byzantine plot twists than you can shake a stick at.

This byzantine plot sprawl has been in full effect this year.

In less capable hands the byzantine plot of "The Informant" might be confusing.

Every twist in the saga will be assumed to be part of some byzantine plot to boost TV ratings, for the simple reason that the only alternative is infinitely less palatable.

Despite the book's length and byzantine plot, the reader never feels overwhelmed or bogged down.

The byzantine plot of True Detective 2 as it zig-zagged all over the city of Los Angeles brought to mind the meandering stories of hardboiled crime novels.