Sentence examples for intrigues it from inspiring English sources

And to cut a long, Byzantine story short, Macedonia's Orthodox church has been out of step with the rest of eastern Christendom since 1967, when (as part of communist Yugoslavia's political intrigues) it broke free from its Serb overlords.Under Orthodox procedures, a national church usually gains independence by negotiation with its erstwhile masters.

My mother, whenever she was confronted by calamity or personal sorrow, invoked cosmic emanations, invisible empires, ancient prophecies, and intrigues; it has been the business of my life to reject such folderol and seek the simpler explanation.

But while the play tantalises and intrigues, it never quite achieves the fluidity Zeller perfected in The Father: there is a discernible pattern to Anne's alternation of confrontational aggression and morose depression.

With its theme of scandal and intrigue, it divides his fellow passengers.

With its sibling rivalry, family entanglements and political intrigue, it sounds like a story out of Arthur Miller.

Whether this is expressed as a zesty liveliness, or as complexity and intrigue, it was absent too often.

This game and the scheming and intrigue it inspired occupied the attention of the ship for about four days.

Fishbach was intrigued — it was clear to him that the racket rewarded players with excellent touch, like himself.

"Playing the game in a cold weather outdoor setting will add yet another element of intrigue," it reads.

If I were going to watch something for the costumes and rebel intrigue, it would be Outlander.

LinkedIn is about work, and whatever intrigue it has rises from making plain the once obscure drama of professional life.