Sentence examples for farcical control from inspiring English sources
Alyokhina, 24, compared the trial to the Soviet Union's persecution of Joseph Brodsky, when the young poet was charged with being a "social parasite", becoming a global cause celebre that highlighted the government's farcical control over culture.
He was the strongest evidence for his own favorite thesis that India was a farcical democracy and that the man who controlled fear controlled everything.
The raft of measures, "voted" in by a farcical show of hands, slaps tight controls on media as well as severely limiting the right to protest.
They called for "an open and healthy dialogue" with the government but seemed to go along with the farcical claim that its intention really was to improve parental control.
A farcical own goal by away keeper Stephane Ruffier, who failed to control a routine backpass and allowed the ball to roll in, set PSG on their way.
Whether in response to the anger from irate fans, or simply incredulous that things got as far as they did, the creator of the change.org petition ended the campaign, noting that it was "low-brow satire, a farcical jest... shared with some friends" that got out of control.
Slowly, surely England took control - and they did not lose their grip, even after the farcical run-out of Strauss, the Man of the Match.
But his farcical efforts to find the fugitive Mr Montesinos only underlined how swiftly he had lost control of events.
By the time the BOI finally gave ABN Amro's bid the green light on May 6th, control of Antonveneta was already sewn up; any suggestion that the market would decide was farcical.
