Sentence examples for became characterised from inspiring English sources

His rule as president became characterised by rampant corruption and nepotism, and he was eventually toppled in 2003 by the bloodless rose revolution, led by Mikheil Saakashvili.

He retained his status as glam-rock gave way to punk, but his recording career became characterised by its inconsistency: sometimes infuriatingly sub-standard, occasionally brilliant.

It was difficult to remember much else from Arsenal and their evening became characterised by the fight to keep Napoli at arm's length.

In the current issue of The Word magazine, David Hepworth wonders why they became characterised as "victims of hapless marketing", as opposed to active, discriminating fans whose favourites fly off the shelves.

Many Muslims in the community felt targeted by the event, which came after the Irving mayor, Beth Van Duyne, made waves in the rightwing media by making references to an Islamic dispute mediation panel that wrongly became characterised as an "illegal Sharia court".

I caught up with Hughes on Monday afternoon as he was between one-to-one meetings with TNR staff in the Washington office: he was clearly regretful that what started as a search for a digital editorial lead became characterised in the media and among his staff as an intentional move to replace Foer behind the editor's back, and annoyed at how his own editorial strategy had been framed.

She added: "Rail privatisation has become characterised by poor services, cramped trains and extortionate fares.

What this communicates to visitors about the nature of 21st-century British government is that it has become characterised by fear, loathing and suspicion.

Because higher crime areas tend to be poor, deprived neighbourhoods have become characterised by public buildings, such as council offices, that come with fortress-like levels of security.

The president also reiterated his determination to avoid letting the counter-extremism agenda become characterised as a battle against Islam, saying this would be playing into the hands of terrorists and the Islamic State.

In the first of two speeches to a counter-extremism summit in Washington, the president reiterated his determination to avoid letting the agenda become characterised as a battle against Islam, saying this would be playing into the hands of Isis and other terrorist groups.