Sentence examples for like a clash from inspiring English sources

The equivocating distinction between civilisation and savagery, between the "massacre of innocent people" or, if you like, "a clash of civilisations" and "collateral damage".

It's almost like a clash of cultures.

As a student, it feels like a clash of cultures.

The result is like a clash of puppeteers.

It seems like a clash between two monstrous egos.

It sounds like a clash of David and Goliath, good versus evil.

And yet that morning all the talk was of cartoons: a dozen caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad had been published in the Danish daily JyllandsPosten, igniting a worldwide paroxysm of apocalyptic hysteria that brought into use, once more, that "Star Wars -like phrase "a clash of civilizations".

And yet that morning all the talk was of cartoons: a dozen caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad had been published in the Danish daily Jyllands__Posten, igniting a worldwide paroxysm of apocalyptic hysteria that brought into use, once more, that "Star Wars -like phrase "a clash of civilizations".

The killings looked like revenge for a clash in Jos in January, when hundreds died, most of them Muslim, although there were Christian victims too.

So the more I looked into this historical event, the more I felt like it really embodied a clash between identities, the clash between Eastern and Western ways of looking at things, that I've experienced throughout my life.

A clash like today's was probably inevitable given two factors: the firm and consistently applied Turkish rules of engagement when it comes to protecting its airspace; and Russia's lax attitude to straying across other people's borders.