Sentence examples for entrenched in power from inspiring English sources

Q — If you were speaking as a Republican, would you say that your opponents are — A — Entrenched in power.

In reality, the Conservatives are not so deeply entrenched in power and they are not widely liked.

Assad has crossed every threshold of brutality possible – up to and including the use of chemical weapons – and today remains as firmly entrenched in power as ever.

Brokered under international pressure by the South African president Thabo Mbeki — who stood silently by as the murder count rose — the deal keeps Mugabe entrenched in power but forces him to install Tsvangirai as prime minister and turn over half the cabinet seats to members of the Movement for Democratic Change.

Nevertheless, the civil war in Syria rages on, and Assad appears more entrenched in power than he has been for some time.

Skepticism about its effectiveness runs deepest among the array of American-backed Syrian opposition groups, which fear that Mr. Assad is now even more entrenched in power.

His fractious reformists, however, proved no match for the conservatives entrenched in the power structure.

The new elites of India and Brazil have been less politically influential than either the poor (who are more electorally important because of their numbers) or the old elite, entrenched in positions of power.

I don't know this for a fact but my guess is that the Nevada's Teachers Association is more entrenched in the state power hierarchy than the Culinary Workers Union.

The skinny jean entrenched itself in power a decade ago and hung on doggedly longer than anyone would have predicted.

The first was launched nine years ago, also in August, in neighbouring Chechnya at the beginning of Putin's rule and it entrenched him in power.