Sentence examples for lighting rods from inspiring English sources

Always lighting rods for controversy, traveling petitioners are the Willy Lomans and carnies of the political world: an itinerant crew of ex-salespeople, part-time students and the occasional downtrodden hustler.

Everything is considered and arranged so that you become acutely aware of the grain and warp of the shingles, the skinniness of the lighting rods, the weight of the door handle, the degrees of wear and darkness in the wood.

North of Guadosalam are the Thunder Plains, which are the site of a never-ending thunderstorm made safe by lighting rods calibrated by the Al Bhed.

"It certainly has become a lighting rod for public attention".

Investment banks and City bonuses have served as the lighting rod that protects fund managers from similar scrutiny and opprobrium.

With The Birth of a Nation floundering, Barry Jenkins's Moonlight stands to become the needed lighting rod to put an end to #OscarsSoWhite.

The remaining minutes would be divvied among young players, those in the Knicks' future, those not named Marbury, a lighting rod of controversy in past years.

Emanuel is serving as a lighting rod for the president but remains crisply confident in his role as chief of staff.

Ohio political and union leaders say there were fewer protests than in Wisconsin because Governor Walker moved first, making him and Madison a lighting rod.

"We have a governor who is following many of the same policies [as Ms. Palin]," said Mead Treadwell, Alaska's lieutenant governor, "but he is not a lighting rod".

People close to the O.C.C. note that, despite her status as a lighting rod, Ms. Williams commanded respect from the banking industry's supporters and foes alike.