Sentence examples for maintained cozy from inspiring English sources

For years, some bank overseers have maintained cozy ties with the institutions they monitor, treating bankers like clients because of the fees that banks pay to be regulated.

The police, who had canned an earlier inquiry into phone-hacking, found themselves at the center of a new scandal, accused of maintaining cozy relationships with News International, the British newspaper subsidiary of Mr. Murdoch's News Corp.

It has historically had few qualms about maintaining cozy ties with politicians.

Now he has begun accusing the cowboy-turned-governor El Bronco of being just another member of the club, maintaining cozy ties with the same politicians he criticizes.

Some suburban and downstate lawmakers complain that Mr. Ryan has maintained too cozy a political relationship with Mayor Daley, a Democrat.

By his own account, he has maintained a cozy social relationship with Ms. Brooks and her husband, Charlie Brooks — a prominent racehorse trainer who, like Mr. Cameron, was educated at Eton — both when he was in the opposition and, since 2010, as prime minister.

From "Bewitched" to "Charmed," witches have always maintained a cozy spot in the popular imagination, but with the arrival of Harry Potter, witchcraft exploded into a genuine craze.

"Moreover," Pica said, "State Department officials must explain why they maintained a cozy relationship with this unregistered foreign agent while he lobbied them illegally.

Maybe they want to maintain certain cozy illusions.

While the area offers all the conveniences and culture of a city, it still manages to maintain a cozy small-town feel.

However, this latest development in the spying saga -- that the NSA has been aiming its surveillance activities at the citizens of allied countries, including France and Germany -- has thrown a kink into the Obama administration's attempts at maintaining a cozy relationship with its foreign allies.