Sentence examples for attempt to sweep the problem of from inspiring English sources

One of my graduate school professors, Elliott Currie, wrote in his book Crime and Punishment in America that our overemphasis on punishment, above all else, is just "an attempt to sweep the problem of America's poorest communities under the rug".

One of my graduate school professors, Elliott Currie, wrote in his book Crime and Punishment in America that our over-emphasis on punishment, above all else, is just "an attempt to sweep the problem of America's poorest communities under the rug".

An insanity verdict would raise other problems: "We will be accused of trying to sweep the problem of Breivik under the carpet," said Mr Giaever.

I think it's fundamentally wrong to sweep the problems of this election under the rug".

That's why the disclosure smacks of an attempt to sweep the salary bump under the carpet.

Mere hours after the murders at Emmanuel AME Church, South Carolina Representative Mark Sanford attempted to sweep the thing-of-which-we-do-not-speak under the rug.

From there, the squadron was attached to the naval force that attempted to sweep the Gulf of Riga of Russian naval forces in August 1915.

"In typical fashion, the Catholic Church attempted to sweep the Church's mishandling of (the student's) discipline under the rug," the lawsuit stated.

On the morning of 17 October the Germans attempted to sweep the Russian mines placed at the southern entrance to Moon Sound Strait.

Despite Drudge's apparent attempt to sweep its promotion of the failed hit piece under the rug, Twitter users were quick to drag him for it.

A fresh legal attempt to sweep away the secrecy surrounding Prince Charles's behind-the-scenes lobbying has been launched at the court of appeal.