Sentence examples for external foes from inspiring English sources

Eventually, ʿAbbās was able to take the offensive against his external foes.

Initial indications are that the regime is gearing up public opinion to withstand economic hardships, with much exaltation of the nation's history of resisting the onslaught of external foes.

And it is Maliki who now leads a country whose 700,000-strong security forces are incapable, according to US assessments, of defending it against external foes, principally Iran but also Turkey and an increasingly unpredictable Syria.

That's what happened to Tilly Evans (a terrific Allison Buck), an Ohio teenager who, until then, took refuge in the role-playing world, doing battle with any number of internal as well as external foes in a "module" (or gaming scenario) that she had created for herself.

Throughout the kingdom the only force for preserving unity remained the church, but the bishops approved the secularization of much monastic land to sustain troops who could counter the threat of external foes, thus further strengthening the power of the dukes.

Readers expect identifiable heroes defending against external foes.

The advice that Machiavelli gave his Prince well over 4 centuries ago apparently still holds: War against an external foe is a most excellent means of distracting the populace from grievances at home.

The grand gesture, the moment of choice, the mortal danger, the external foe, the climactic battle whose outcome resolves all – all designed to appear heroic, to excite and gratify an audience… Gentlemen, welcome to the world of reality – there is no audience.

In appealing to the Pentagon, the Mujahedeen are clearly reaching out to factions within the administration that have shown the most sympathy for the group, which has carried out many acts of sabotage and assassination inside Iran and which the Iranian government regards as its most powerful external foe.

NOTHING brings together domestic foes like an external enemy.

Factions within each camp are supported by external backers and foes of political Islam, particularly Qatar, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.