Sentence examples for controversial period from inspiring English sources

Are you advocating for a reëvaluation of this controversial period in French history?

The cinema has largely fought shy of this complicated, controversial period.

The next eight months constitute the most tangled and controversial period of Mary's career.

US Soccer president Sunil Gulati on Saturday described the United States' 2007 World Cup debacle as "a controversial period" rife with "short-term chaos".

A controversial period in the paper's history reached its climax with the bitter battle between Rowland and Mohamed Al Fayed for control of the department store Harrods.

She added: "The whole enormity of the project reflects our commitment to clarify the historic record of a highly controversial period in our bilateral relations".

One of his most controversial periods came when he was appointed chief spokesman for the coalition provisional authority, the interim government set up to run Iraq in the aftermath of the US invasion and that presided over a chaotic period in which some fateful decisions were made.

Directors of previous French biopics have come under fire for skipping over some of the more controversial periods of their subjects' lives: La Vie en Rose ignored Piaf's activities during the Occupation, while Coco Before Chanel, a tale of the designer's early years, stopped short of her affair with a Nazi officer at the Paris Ritz.

The World Rally Archive's Hall of Fame now names him an "icon for the one of the most controversial periods of rallying".

The May 16-17 weekend proved to be among the most controversial periods in President Sisi's nearly two-year rule, with Egypt's Mubarak era-judiciary issuing three highly symbolic decisions against the country's various opposition groups.

Jon Caramanica of The New York Times commented: "For 20 years, that song has been the symbol of one of the most tumultuous and controversial periods in Madonna's life.