Sentence examples for existing state of things from inspiring English sources

Snark differs from satire, Denby says, because the latter's practitioners (think of Jonathan Swift) are usually motivated by savage indignation at the existing state of things and have some idea of how they can be changed.

Utopian socialism, as Jack Zipes has pointed out, used the fairy tale and fan tasy to criticise the existing state of things and to express hope for other ways of living.

His monarchism was not a conservative one, as he agreed that the existing state of things should be modified, but not towards a republic as in France or the United States, but towards a constitutional monarchy, like in Britain.

So again, if our aim was to increase utilitarian moral dispositions, this again strongly suggests that we need to reduce serotonin levels, not embrace the existing state of things.

This righteous protest at "the Existing State of Things" is as sweeping as many a clever teenager's rebellious fury.

If only this were the case for Shelley's Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things, published in 1811.

"Even given those ambiguities, and given that there are a lot of things that need to be done down the line, on balance the bill still improves the existing state of affairs," said Neema Singh Guliani, a legislative counsel at the ACLU.

This vision means that, alongside the existing state of Israel, a new state for the Palestinians will emerge.

The dictionary definition of "status quo" means "the existing state of affairs".

The only thing that would help is massive revision of the nature of the existing state and that's not going to happen".

One is to preserve the existing states.