Sentence examples similar to heavy handed effort from inspiring English sources
The Chinese government's heavy handed efforts to contain recent stock market volatility – the latest move prohibits short-selling and sales by major shareholders – have seriously damaged its credibility.
Writing after his visa was denied, the Guardian's chief sports correspondent Owen Gibson pointed to the irony inherent in the government's heavy handed efforts to prevent negative coverage of the event.
Freedom and Justice Daily carries commentaries condemning the interim military government's heavy handed tactics against the Islamists and warning that their efforts would ultimately achieve the opposite of their desired effect.
"It was very heavy handed.
It seems a bit heavy handed!
He was not heavy handed, though.
Some Republicans called it heavy handed.
The Brahms was too heavy handed for me.
"The English press speak of heavy handed police?
Control remains heavy handed on topics deemed "sensitive".
