Sentence examples for a portrait of dysfunction from inspiring English sources

"It paints a portrait of dysfunction that further crystallizes for the American people their government's incapacity for producing solutions to our major challenges," Snowe said in a statement.

In details down to the gum chewed by President Obama (Nicorette) and the wine sipped by the House Speaker John A. Boehner (merlot), "The Price of Politics" paints a portrait of dysfunction that began even before Mr. Obama was inaugurated and has only grown worse.

Such an intimate portrait of dysfunction will certainly have political ramifications.

What emerged was a portrait of pervasive pachyderm dysfunction.

A new report, largely a portrait of dysfunction, comes when President Obama faces increasing pressure from Hispanic groups, who played a critical role in his election, to break with the aggressive immigration enforcement strategies of the Bush administration.

And it was always entertaining to observe the portrait of dysfunction that is suhoor, the pre-sunrise meal.

And it was always entertaining to observe the portrait of dysfunction that is suhoor, the pre-sunrise meal.

It is a portrait of a person.

This isn't a portrait of grief.

It's a portrait  of a court.

(C) a portrait of a corrupt system?