Sentence examples for a time when norms from inspiring English sources

At a time when our politics are so polarized, at a time when norms and customs of political rhetoric and courtesy and comity are so often treated like they're disposable -- this is precisely the time when we should play it straight, and treat the process of appointing a Supreme Court justice with the seriousness and care it deserves.

Perhaps there was something about the Seventies, a time when social norms were being widely challenged, that made it easier to experiment with showing the parent-child dynamic more authentically on-screen.

What's even more surprising is that this disparity persists in a time when gender norms are being challenged elsewhere in the culture: transgender characters on TV, gender-neutral college housing, public bathrooms with unisex signage.

At a time when basic norms of governance are being shattered, the Senate cannot afford to lose sight of the lasting damage that Friedman and his associates are doing to our national interest, to Israel and to the prospects for peace in the Middle East.

All the illegal paraphernalia of torture and detention and assassination were legitimized as indispensable; yet there comes a time when economic norms bend in the direction of political discourse, when the irrationality seeps into the economy as well.

At a time when its core norms are being flagrantly violated, from Hungary to Australia, states need to publicly reaffirm its core principles.

A beard is a celebration of nature that brings appearance closer to that of untamed human animals — a Rousseau-esque gesture that was crucial to the age of Aquarius, a time when long-established norms of behavior collapsed and made public life a clearer expression of formerly unspeakable private desires.

For all the contentiousness at the heart of "O.J.: Made in America," it reflects a time when a bastion of norms held fast — restraining the forces of both change and hatred alike.

An outstanding poet and musician, he is also remembered for his daring defiance of the Confucian orthodoxy, at a time when deviation from the norms of tradition could easily be deemed seditious.

At a time when new is the norm, though, some long-standing restaurants are sticking to tried and true.

The format is working for "Morning Edition," the highest-rated news program on radio, which is holding onto its audience at a time when declines are the norm across the fractionalized media landscape.