Sentence examples for hardened opposition from inspiring English sources

But that plan only hardened opposition.

But even on an issue with overwhelming public support, Obama's poignant speeches, numerous campaign-style events, and the use of his new political arm (Organizing for Action) were no match for the N.R.A. It's even possible that his campaigning hardened opposition to the proposals and bolstered the N.R.A.'s efforts.

Conversely, when President Obama pushed for a law to limit carbon pollution, and later did it by executive and diplomatic action, the divisions around his Presidency hardened opposition.

Rebel commanders were defiant about their chances of repelling troops on the ground, pointing to years of resistance against a better-armed enemy and the advantages of battle-hardened opposition fighters in close street-to-street combat.

Jeb Bush's admirers insist, however, that whatever cloud existed over the name is lifting, as memories of the last Bush era recede, replaced by a hardened conservative opposition to Mr. Obama's policies.

People who are already skeptical about this country's ability to assimilate large groups of aliens (most of whom do not speak English) will only become more hardened in their opposition to positive immigration reform if they see that the people knocking at our door identify more strongly with their homelands than with the United States.

This diversity enables the prime minister to deal with opposition issue by issue; many hardened Eurosceptics, for example, have been calmed by his promise of an in-out referendum on the European Union.Nor do the implacables have a rival leader around whom to rally.

That means stronger sea walls, natural barriers, hardened power grids, hardened water systems, hardened fuel supplies".

Each box has a spoon representing the opposition between sustenance and sexual abuse and a shell signifying the hardened facial expressions of those trying to hide their fear or anger.

The government has since sought to avert clashes with militant, highly politicized, well-organized and street-battled hardened soccer fans who played a key role in the ousting of Mr. Mubarak and subsequent opposition to the military with a number of conciliatory measures.

Differences with the opposition were intensified by ideological attitudes toward the French Revolution, and by 1795 administration supporters had hardened into a regular party, which succeeded in electing John Adams to the presidency in 1796.