Sentence examples for breathtaking exercise from inspiring English sources

Bill Bowtell of the Lowy Institute, a Sydney think-tank, argues that the summit was a "breathtaking" exercise in winning endorsement for reform.

His is not the only radio talk show in Iraq, but it is arguably the most breathtaking exercise of free speech in a place where its limits are still being established.

So it was a breathtaking exercise in hypocrisy for them to haul so many blacks before the cameras for the sole purpose of singing, dancing, preaching and praising a party that has wanted no part of them.

For Senator McCain to flip reality on its head and point to an overwhelmingly legitimate voter-registration effort as a "threat to the fabric of democracy" is a breathtaking exercise in absurdity.

The commentators could, of course, still offer a bit of intermittent hyperbole: "A breathtaking exercise of judicial power," is how the ABC correspondent Terry Moran characterized the court's potential decision, but such come-ons did not seem wholly out of line.

The panel's justification for inaction is a breathtaking exercise in sophistry: "the requirement that House members and staff act at all times in a manner that reflects creditably on the House does not mean that every error in judgment or failure to exercise greater oversight or diligence" is a violation.

And in a breathtaking logistical exercise, they mobilized ferries and convoys of trucks to transport perhaps 250,000 people, out of East Timor's population of 800,000, into West Timor.

The photos have garnered 2,500 comments and ratings in what amounts to a breathtaking demonstration of entitlement, exercised in this case via technology.

I am stunned that the majority would engage in an exercise of this breathtaking censorship, and all because the Republicans are feeling some heat on their plan to kill Medicare".

This picturesque destination in Beacon Hill offers breathtaking views along the Charles River, so exercising will never seem like a chore during those morning runs along the scenic riverbank.

The first would have been a breathtaking piece of control even if that was the extent of the exercise.