Sentence examples for a defining issue from inspiring English sources

"It is a defining issue," he said.

Hatred of the Roma has become a defining issue.

Brexit has become a defining issue for party loyalty.

Fracking should be a defining issue in the general election.

Another administration adviser said: "It's a defining issue.

In the United States, as in Europe, immigration was a defining issue in recent national elections.

They turned the war on terrorism into a defining issue and then messed it up.

What if the war is no longer even a defining issue of the campaign?

Yet in the election campaign, Iraq has been a pervasive but not a defining issue.

The party has lacked a defining issue such as the war in Iraq.

Miliband's decision to choose fees as a defining issue risks dividing his party.