Sentence examples for hideous war from inspiring English sources

It may say, and mean, that its actions are aimed squarely at the prosecutors of a hideous war, and no one else.

But the Congo, which became Zaire, would have been spared the autocracyof President Mobutu and perhaps the hideous war that followed his death.

Despite his admiration for his young acolyte, Voltaire (perhaps mischievously) complained, "This is a declaration of a hideous war … I want neither the glory of having penned it nor the punishment that will follow" (cited in Baker, 1976, x).

No "peculiar institution," no hideous Civil War and appalling aftermath.

Ten years ago the huge, chronically turbulent but energy-rich country was in the depths of a hideous civil war.

The Obama administration should be thrilled with the WiliLeaks, for they provide the perfect rationale to bring the hideous Afghanistan war to an end.

Similarly, we were also sure that sentences of the right quality could end this hideous endless war, if only certain standards were adopted at the higher levels.

Driving the Russians out of Afghanistan involved a hideous civil war that even by 1987 had claimed the lives of perhaps 1.24m people, mostly civilians.

Goodness gracious, where is Evelyn Wood now that we need her? Can't the hawks who dragged us into this hideous unholy war at least pay attention to a crisis of American credibility that's exposing Iraq and the world to more dangers every day?

He admits that the Iraq invasion had disastrous consequences, opposed the Libyan imbroglio, and criticizes proposals to fight on both sides of Syria's hideous civil war.

Meanwhile, Guardian columnist Deborah Orr tweets: Deborah Orr (@DeborahJaneOrr) Jon has a mild tendency to talk as though the #Paralympics make hideous, pointless wars that wee bit more worthwhile.