Sentence examples for controversy upon from inspiring English sources
Perhaps the sport needed normality on the green baize after controversy upon controversy during the season.
Just as Senator Barack Obama has spent this week trying to stem the damage to his campaign from statements by his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., the small, theologically liberal Protestant denomination both men belong to, the United Church of Christ, has been grappling with the impact of the controversy upon its members.
The benefit is known as debit valuation adjustment (DVA)–a source of great controversy upon its introduction.
Wipeout gained a significant amount of controversy upon its initial release.
Praised as the "antidote to the #OscarsSoWhite controversy" upon its premiere at Sundance, Parker has emerged as an empowering new voice for black artists in the film industry.
A subject of heated controversy upon its release in Mexico in 1950, its theatrical commercial run only lasted three days due to the enraged reactions from the press, government, and upper and middle class audiences who found its barbed critique of Mexico's indifference to its underclass tough to stomach. 5.
Ciné Lumière, SW7 & Curzon Soho, W1, Fri to 29 Nov Andrea Hubert Some directors are born controversial, others have controversy thrust upon them, then there's Strick, whose career has been aiming square-on at controversial subjects.
A bit of controversy intruded upon today's celebration.
Fortunately, however, the long controversy centring upon the individuality and separateness of cells has ended.
The transition was marked by violence, strikes, and controversy centring upon Gairy, who was named prime minister.
The two moments of controversy centred upon penalty appeals for both teams, which were devilishly hard to call definitively, even with the benefit of television replays.
