Sentence examples for a state of flagrant from inspiring English sources

The same bad thing may also have convulsed France, where the story is set, because Houellebecq's Paris exists in a state of flagrant social breakdown and the countryside has become an emptied theme park of itself.

Spokesman Sameh Ashour warned that organising such a vote "in a state of seething and chaos" amounted to a "reckless and flagrant absence of responsibility, risking driving the country into violent confrontations that endanger its national security".

Holding a referendum "in a state of seething and chaos," Mr. Ashour said, amounted to "a reckless and flagrant absence of responsibility, risking driving the country into violent confrontations that endanger its national security".

It's a performance of flagrant charm.

He has a history of flagrant name-calling on Twitter.

In single-setters the motives may be more instrumental, whereas in recidivists fire-setting is probably a function of flagrant thought disturbance, precipitated by command hallucinations and delusions.

Theodore Roosevelt added the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine in 1904, which stated that, in cases of flagrant and chronic wrongdoing by a Latin American country, the United States could intervene in that country's internal affairs.

When faced with such flagrant indiscretions, you always have to ask yourself, "Why?" Why would the governor of a state like Maryland engage in such shameless pandering?

Mr Robertson added: "That's a compelling argument that there's a real risk of a flagrant violation of his rights".

Violence was not considered a solution and was never justified, even in cases of flagrant infidelity.

The petition accuses the Iranian government of "flagrant violations of international law" during a year of "arbitrary and unlawful" detention.