Sentence examples for as a rift from inspiring English sources

"Well, I wouldn't describe it as a rift.

In his Friday sermon, Sheik Isa Qassim, the most senior Shiite cleric, said the king was falsely depicting the demand for basic rights as a rift between sects.

The case also unfolded as a rift had already developed between Mr. Vance and the chief of the office's sex crimes unit, Lisa Friel.

It is the shape of the Bay of Fundy -- begun as a rift valley perhaps 350 million years ago -- that amplifies ocean tides.

Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, mounted stiff resistance tonight to any swift bailout of Greece, as a rift opened up between European capitals over how best to tackle the risks posed to the euro.

The Liberal Democrat deputy leader, Simon Hughes, has condemned government plans to deny criminal defendants the right to choose a solicitor, as a rift emerges in the coalition over cuts to legal aid.

It's been a while since a movie generated as much of a rift among critics as Spike Jonze's adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are, perhaps best illustrated by the glowing review by the New York Times Manohla Dargiss (who said the film "startles and charms and delights") while LA Times' Kenneth Turan found it "empty and misconceived".

The standalone systems certainly won't be as high powered as, say a Rift or a Vive, but with hardware focused solely on VR, they could potentially offer a better experience than a Samsung Gear VR or phone enabled Daydream VR experience.

A leader of the Alizai tribe, Salaam was reported to be in negotiation with the coalition as early as October 2007, causing a rift within the Taliban.

Mr. Abe will also face some early challenges, such as bridging a rift within his party over whether Japan should join a new regional free-trade pact led by the United States.

Some studies have found that African-Latinos tend to be significantly more supportive of government-sponsored health care and much less supportive of the death penalty than Latinos who identify as white, a rift that is also found in the broader white and black populations.