Sentence examples for a cog in a system from inspiring English sources

Favre was a cog in a system that was larger than he was, greater than his ego and obviously more powerful than his desire to play football.

She sees Mrs. Clinton as a liar and a cog in a rigged system.

Spitzer came to see Blodget as a cog in a corrupt system.

In the end it turns out he was a cog in a bad system, too.

Despite her many flaws, Selina comes across as sympathetic: a cog in a failing system that's dirty, noisy and obsolete.

"It is very therapeutic to feel like you're a cog in a much bigger system and you can continue to play your role," said Julianne Fisher, Mr. Johnson's longtime spokeswoman.

That's where Harmony Public Schools is headquartered, a charter school system that Turkey alleges is a cog in a vast network tied to the controversial cleric Fethullah Gulen.

Tennis has become a cog in a globalised sports industry.

Don't want to be a cog in a machine?

It makes people a cog in a machine".

Effectively you're just a cog in a machine".