Sentence examples for deliberately invented from inspiring English sources

Critias went further when he supposed that the gods were deliberately invented to inspire fear in the evildoer.

It's almost as if the Scots have deliberately invented a dish that nobody on God's earth should like.

All of which suggests that it's possible, despite the apparent "timelessness" of many of the best known examples, for new proverbs to spring up, or be deliberately invented.

An account of this coinage in Word Study, a newsletter published by Merriam-Webster in 1948, noted: "Few deliberately invented words have gained such wide currency, and many people will be surprised to learn that it is just over a century old".

7.21pm GMT Inaccuracy Leveson concluded that some newspapers were knowingly inventing stories in a bid to boost their circulation: The Inquiry heard sufficient evidence to conclude that some sections of the press have deliberately invented stories with no factual basis in order to satisfy the demands of a readership.

A former MP with close links to the Kremlin, he made his name as the author of a series of popular but controversial history books called Myths About Russia, aimed at debunking negative stereotypes which, he claims, were deliberately invented by foreigners to undermine Russia's reputation.

And they would get their wish, Clinton maintained, were it not for the cynical maneuverings of interest groups and operatives who deliberately contrive to invent and exaggerate conflicts and make people frustrated and distrustful".

Apparently derived from Sabaean, a South Semitic script, the Ethiopic script probably originated in the early 4th century ad; it is unclear whether Ethiopic resulted from a gradual evolution of the Sabaean script or whether it was invented deliberately by some individual who used the Sabaean script as a model.

Dimbleby is set to claim Murdoch's newspapers deliberately exaggerate and invent BBC "scandals" by drumming up fake controversy with the help of Conservative MPs.

He deliberately creates territory that is both real and invented, with a cast of characters -- Anne Kiefer and Peter Schlemiel among them -- whose names echo those of certain well-known artists and critics.

In subsequent semesters, I invented a fictitious species with fictitious (but deliberately chosen) life-history traits.