Sentence examples for dubious role from inspiring English sources

It was a dubious role at best.

First, it demonstrates more starkly than ever the dubious role being played by the army.

Kroll's dubious role in the Stanford saga was detailed in the July issue of Vanity Fair.

Of particular interest is the dubious role played by academic economists, especially those in the US.

Another former White House counsel, Jack Quinn, played an ethically dubious role in the affair.

In the deeply held beliefs of Bali's Hindu society, dogs hold a dubious role in the hereafter.

Having had dubious roles in the character assassinations of the London misfits Colin Stagg and Barry George, the press demonised the innocent "school nerd" Tom Stephens in stories about the Ipswich vice murders.

Had anyone else played the role, this dubious character would probably have come off as clinically insane.

People described the often dubious, malign role being played by certain NGOs funded by aid agencies wholly devoted to furthering corporate prospects.

The institution of monarchy is often viewed as outmoded and undemocratic, a dying tradition trapped between the circulation-hungry media and the tendency of its younger members to behave in ways that make them dubious moral role models.

He lingers over their naked bodies for no narrative reason (however dubious her role, Ms. Temple doesn't look like a little lost girl), and takes such a creepily intimate approach to Sharla's and Dottie's violent degradation that you might think he enjoys it.