Sentence examples for a calculated act from inspiring English sources

It is that they were, possibly, victims of a calculated act of mass murder.

There was little dispute that Mr. Bush's actions in both cases were a calculated act of defiance of the Democrats with whom he has been engaged in an increasingly hostile battle over his judicial choices.

Ms. Sangrey says performing the marriages was not a calculated act of civil disobedience, but a gesture of support for her friend Kay that happened to spring from a long-held belief in sexual equality.

Gynaecologist Denis Mukwege draws his strength, he says, from the indomitable spirit of the most weakened of victims – women raped in a calculated act of war who arrive, "broken, waiting for death, hiding their faces", at his hospital.

This sudden turn to violence is presented not as a calculated act of rebellion but more like a brain snap – a moment of insanity that sets the context for his life and legacy.

The son of a revered cleric who was murdered on Saddam's orders, in 1999, Sadr forced his way into the political scene, when he was still in his twenties, with a calculated act of violence.

Now is the time for everyone across the Investment Bank to demonstrate to clients, shareholders, regulators and other stakeholders that we are not going to let a single calculated act of deception deflect us from achieving our long-term strategic goals.

He is a traitor because, by a cold-blooded and calculated act, he attacked your country by significantly damaging its capacity to defend itself from its enemies, and in doing so, he put your citizen's lives at risk.

This indicates that intent is a calculated, purposeful act aimed at injuring or harming another.

Afterward, there were several discussions about whether it was an act of mental instability or the calculated act of someone pretending to be unstable in order to be sent home.

The meandering, easy lives of the film's hipster trio (think dinner parties with friends gathered around the Netflix-fireplace, everyone drinking from jars) comes skidding to a stop in a calculated third-act tailspin.