Sentence examples for as a polemical from inspiring English sources

It reflects the author's intense intellectual curiosity and ambition, as well as a polemical streak.

Lutoslawski described the work, his only piece in the genre, as a polemical protest against 19th-century forms like huge symphonies.

ONE of the charms of Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, is that he still acts much as he did as a polemical journalist.

But no theory can replace that spirit, for any theory can be applied in an unscientific spirit, as a polemical device to reinforce prejudice.

Thus, the most influential aspect of his work has been the negative and critical one because of his skill as a polemical writer.

Taken as a polemical documentary championing environmentally conscious action, "No Impact Man," directed by Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein, is of little interest and less utility.

For all the zealotry on display, "12th & Delaware" is about as far from a polemical screaming match as a movie about such a divisive issue could be.

However, as much as it is a polemical piece, Mustang is also an exuberantly stylish celebration of female solidarity against repression, and a terrific showcase for its young ensemble cast.

The book was, as could have been predicted, a polemical bombshell.

"Her senior thesis is being misread as if it is a polemical essay about her alienation," Professor Duneier said.

But perhaps his greatest flaw as a reviewer is that he seems pathologically unable to consider the book a novel; he locks horns with it as though it were a polemical work, or one of unmediated political commentary.