Sentence examples for engaging the question from inspiring English sources

Partly thanks to the inherent suspense of its journalistic detective story, "All the President's Men" is a much more compelling read than "Plan of Attack," which comprehensively chronicles the Bush administration's march to war in Iraq without really advancing an argument or engaging the question of why the administration came to see the war as necessary or desirable in the first place.

Already I can envision responses from non-believing readers, amazed at my naievete at engaging the question at all.

Before he'd engaged the question, he felt a soft pressure against his leg.

Judge Rakoff has not even engaged the question whether execution is "cruel and unusual" as banned by the Eighth Amendment.

"I want to engage the question - in a non-arrogant, open-hearted manner - how can we make 'Strictly Ballroom' soar to new heights?" Mr. Luhrmann said.

Other justices engaged the question, considering whether such a lawsuit would be subject to sanctions on the grounds that it was frivolous and whether the company's president would have to submit to questioning under oath at a deposition.

And when people have made their peace with this ghastly thing that is going to happen to them at some time in the distant future, they tend to be rather reluctant to re-engage the question when someone comes along with a new idea.

Picinali (2013) sees fact-finding as a theoretical exercise that engages the question of what to believe about the disputed facts.

With another party actively engaged, the question will turn to which of those sharing buttons will you choose to click on?

A few callers didn't bother to engage the question of presidential emotions at all.

"Once this bill engages, the question of rape or incest has long since been dealt with in almost every case".