Sentence examples for empty controversy from inspiring English sources

Rockstar's possible MO, especially with the Grand Theft Auto series, is to act like it's pushing boundaries while in fact rehashing old ideas to whip up empty controversy.

A fourth of Bacon's idols, the idol of the market place, is the one that comes closest to the Aristotelian tradition as it points to language as the source of our mistaken ideas: "words plainly force and overrule the understanding, and throw all into confusion, and lead men away into numberless empty controversies and idle fancies" (1620, aphorism 43).

The controversy about empty seats continued.

After the controversy of empty seats at venues, there was standing room only around the central belt of seating.

This week's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court striking down a key piece of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) could generate controversy in an empty bar.

The media company's website was completely empty today apart from a statement on the controversy, which has dominated social media in France.

When all the controversy had settled and the chaos emptied into dusk Sunday, Martin Kaymer kept his wits about him, played the percentages and won the P.G.A. Championship at Whistling Straits.

Although commercially successful, the tour had been affected by the prevailing mood of controversy, and there had been rows of empty seats at some venues.

What is disturbing about the current controversy is how entirely it reduces the play to an empty political symbol.

Her proposal comes amid amounting controversy over the huge gains made by people who "buy to leave" homes empty, knowing their property will rise in value.

This year, the Turner Prize, announced last night, was awarded to a man who took inspiration from Felix the Cat. The prize has stirred controversy for nearly a quarter of a century with winning works ranging from empty rooms to elephant dung sculptures.