Sentence examples for enforcing the line from inspiring English sources

He was known as the Hammer, and had a reputation within Congress of being ruthless in enforcing the line and imposing loyalty to President Bush's conservative agenda.

In fact what is striking is that the metanarrative that pervades every page of the Speccy cannot really be embraced by the Conservative front bench: chief whip Patrick McLoughlin has been enforcing the line that the Tories "don't want to do these cuts".

Monolithic, of course, implies religious authorities enforcing the party line, primarily the "heresy hunters" of early Christianity, as they are branded by scholars like Dr. Meyer and Dr. Pagels, but maybe even the Sunday school teachers of today.

Enforcing the red line against chemical weapons use is not the only U.S. national interest at stake in Syria.

The so-called Khamis Brigade was one of the crucial units enforcing the defense lines around the capital, extending about 17 miles outside Tripoli to the west and about 20 miles to the south.

"When our president draws a red line, our president enforces the red line," she added.

He dismissed the argument that his failure to enforce the red line in Syria, or his broader reticence about using military force, had emboldened Russia.

One of the most gruesome ways the KKK enforced the color line was through lynchings.

He also faulted Mr. Obama for his failure to enforce the red line he laid down in Syria.

In August 2013, the Assad regime used sarin gas in a Damascus suburb and President Barack Obama hesitated to enforce the red line he had declared against chemical weapons.

Having concluded "with high confidence" that the Syrian government carried out a deadly chemical attack on the outskirts of Damascus on Aug. 21, the Obama administration has no choice but to enforce the "red line" the president laid out a year ago.