Sentence examples for fiery controversy from inspiring English sources

In his relentless energy, his range - from sympathetic literary criticism to joyous invective; in his sometimes heedless courage, plunging head first into fiery controversy where others tiptoed away.

In March, Marina Mahathir, a newspaper columnist and the daughter of former prime minister Mahathir bin Mohamad, touched off a fiery controversy when she likened the situation of Muslim women in Malaysia to that of South African blacks under apartheid.

A fiery argument ensues.

A fiery speaker, she courted controversy in the 1980s by endorsing "necklacing" – placing burning car tyres around the neck of apartheid collaborators – as a liberation tool.

While Martin's rise to Big 12 coach of the year this season has been improbable and not without controversy, the fiery 44-year-old with a pit bull temperament has second-seeded Kansas State (28-7) faciNo.No. 6 Xavier (26-8) in the N.C.A.A. tournament's West Region in Salt Lake City on Thursday.

The Spanish international caused great controversy after his fiery encounter with Arsenal's Gabriel Paulista, and retrospective action meant his missed Saturday's 2-2 drawithth Newcastle United.

A day after seemingly conceding "patriotic" Russian hackers may have been involved in U.S. election meddling, Vladimir Putin offered a forceful and fiery rebuttal to the ongoing controversy, comparing the continued allegations of Moscow's interference to anti-semitism.

"During the Bryant Park controversy, here was Dolf making fiery speeches," Mr. Tung said.

Mr. Obama has typically weighed in on such delicate matters only when circumstances have forced his hand, as he did during his campaign for president, when he gave a lengthy speech on race in America in response to controversy swirling around his relationship with his fiery former pastor, Jeremiah Wright.

But in his youth, during the years when he went from being Cassius Clay, the young braggart, to Muhammad Ali, the fiery champion, he was at the centre of constant controversy.

But in his youth, during the years when he went from being Cassius Clay, the young braggart, to Muhammad Ali, the fiery champion, he was at the center of constant controversy.