Sentence examples for directly or covertly from inspiring English sources

"I think this administration will talk to Hamas directly or covertly shortly.

That presentation "directly or covertly" appeals to "a quasi-pornographic fantasy of a (two females and one male) threesome... while also reassuring us that these women are not really bisexual, but are simply behaving so for the satisfaction of the presumed male spectator".

It demands of us all, as well, an appraisal into ourselves to understand our motives, our interests, and our weaknesses lest we fall for the stereotyping, the scapegoating, the calls to hatred, and the calls to violence, either directly or covertly, by the demagogues.

"Remuneration" includes "any payment or other benefit made directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind".

Every straight white man I know has been in situations where other straight white men around us were being overtly or covertly racist, sexist, or homophobic.

But even more importantly, this demonstrates the effectiveness of the US's adaptation to strike directly and covertly at terrorists, anywhere in the world.

"They massively, directly and covertly interfered in a major diplomatic negotiation, probably one of the most important negotiations in American diplomatic history".

They may be obtained overtly or covertly.

Share more liabilities, either overtly (through Eurobonds) or covertly (through the ECB)?

British musicians want the right to govern themselves, overtly or covertly.

He nevertheless argued that every real story contains an element of usefulness, whether "openly or covertly".