Sentence examples for cul from inspiring English sources
While he may protest he was never in the IRA the reality is that without Adams holding the centre of politico-military power within the Provisionals the movement may have never moved out of the cul de sac of "armed struggle".
And yes, despite negative publicity over Adams (and other Sinn Féin figures') alleged IRA past – a past he denies but which other IRA veterans confirm – there is some admiration for the way he steered the republican movement out of the cul de sac of the armed struggle.
The plot is admittedly conventional in its main theme, suggesting the only way out of this working class cul de sac is via a combination of natural talent and luck.
It's a policy cul de sac".
Phonetically, this is elle a chaud au cul, which might be liberally translated as "she's a bit of a goer".Roger GillCradley, HerefordshireThe price of progressSIR – Regarding corruption in central and eastern Europe ("Talking of virtue, counting the spoons," May 24th), wait for the next few steps in the European Union's enlargement!
The search for a politically painless solution to road traffic goes on, but it is a journey down a cul de sac.
We lived in a quiet cul-de sac, had the run of an enormous nature reserve at the end of the street, the freshest of air, a swimming pool and the kind of space to roam and play that you'd only dream of in urban Italy.
The tumbling ruble and the drop in the price of oil have helped steer Kazakhstan's economy into a cul-de-sac, slowing growth projections, forcing officials to recalculate the budget, and suggesting the tenge is overvalued.
So how many dramatic cul-de-sacs and interlocked mysteries that increasingly characterise exciting and innovative new shows can the viewer cope with before they became an exercise in frustration?
Rather it is all sweetness and light; testimonies to how "dialogue" and "talking" persuaded the key violent actors in Northern Ireland to reverse out of the "armed struggle" cul-de-sac and into constitutional politics.
"I followed my nose into some kind of cul-de-sac and then I didn't know how to get out.
