Sentence examples for casting a pall on from inspiring English sources

Still, violence in the east persisted, casting a pall on the celebrations of the country's 50th anniversary of independence in 2010.

Retail stocks were hit as the snowstorm on the East Coast kept many shoppers away from malls just after Christmas, casting a pall on the final act of the holiday season.

But there is a growing unease among some regulators that as the results of several investigations into dubious Wall Street practices have been made public, the investigations that remain are casting a pall on the market.

According to Balivé, anti-immigrant sentiment is bleeding over into American perceptions about Mexican culture, "casting a pall on all Hispanic immigrants, whether they entered the country illegally or not".

Page 13 National WARMTH OF WINTER CASTING A PALL ON ICE FISHING The weather is causing officials in Lake Minnetonka, in Minnesota, and other spots nationwide to cancel programs and impose bans on ice fishing.

It has cast a pall on a campaign fought for the right reasons, one that likely saved tens of thousands of Libyans from Muammar el-Qaddafi's murderous wrath.

Kemp's move has revived worries that Republicans in Georgia are raising the specter of voter fraud to cast a pall of criminality on groups that register minorities.

She says, "Oh, please," and her irritation casts a pall on the conversation.

But the recent slowing of the recovery cast a pall on this year's gathering.

Both moves cast a pall on the record of Mathias Döpfner, Springer's chief executive.

The event cast a pall on the vacation, but it also brought them closer.