Sentence examples for exploited fear from inspiring English sources
Like all populists, Mr Le Pen ruthlessly exploited fear.
European rulers also exploited fear of outside interference, demonizing the Roman Catholic Church to rally people around the throne.
"One important aspect of the Salem trials was how the leadership group exploited fear of witches to strengthen its own position," Mr. Demos said.
In this referendum Tony Blair and others supporting a 'yes' simplified the argument and exploited fear and uncertainty to good effect.
Cominform parties and front organizations (such as the World Peace Council) denounced the Pentagon and U.S. "arms monopolies" and exploited fear and frustration to win over intellectuals and idealists.
Ritter's current view, which he dispenses with the earnest vigor of a revivalist, is that the administration's case against Saddam Hussein is based on elaborate falsehoods and exploited fear.
The People's Party leader, Pia Kjaersgaard, has exploited fears about Muslims since the attacks on the United States on Sept. 11.
Although the overwhelming number of E.U. migrants who enter the U.K. come from countries like France and Poland, Farage and his colleagues ruthlessly exploited fears of Islamist terrorists slipping in from Syria and other trouble spots.
He has exploited fears of minority voters to win elections, saying, in a Facebook video last year, that the right-wing government was "in danger" because "Arab voters are heading to the polling stations in droves".
Politicians routinely exploited fears of crime for their own electoral ends.
Newt Gingrich and Frank Luntz recklessly exploited fears over gun safety in 1994, and Karl Rove, on behalf of George W. Bush, recklessly exploited fears of marriage equality in 2004.
