Sentence examples for make cogent from inspiring English sources

It's not in the job descriptions of reporters to make policy, but often they are in an unusually good position to make cogent observations about what they cover.

This demeaning argument suggests that readers aren't able to make cogent decisions about the validity of his writing but are, rather, too busy nursing old wounds.

It's the end of Labour conference week: in the Edinburgh version of the show, he decried the Left's recent inability to make cogent and convincing arguments while coming out in support of Corbyn as "not the best guy but the only guy right now".

Scientists frequently lament the scarcity of effective scientific communicators those who can explain complex concepts to the public, present scientifically sound alternatives to policy-makers, and make cogent arguments for the value of science to society.

Asking a bunch of literate people about the Great American Novel is an open invitation for us all to show off and make cogent, compelling arguments about the importance of [insert a favorite novel here] in the canon of American literature, regardless of whether anyone outside our small circle of literary compatriots knows of the novel or would agree.

Again in '91, at the Berlin Film Festival, I was privileged to witness the extraordinary Poison, Haynes' first feature, the subtle anger still intact but this time channeling Jean Genet and the genre of '50s American pulp sci-fi movies to make cogent and incisive comments on the AIDS epidemic.

Duveen was unimpressed; experts on his side also made cogent points about pigment, but he was not interested in pigment.

In "The Soul of a New University" (Op-Ed, March 13), Arthur Levine makes cogent arguments for transforming higher education.

In modern times much attention has focused on the power of physical and chemical processes to surpass the carrying capacity of the environment a concern made cogent by various types of environmental damage arising from excessive discharges of industrial effluents and pollutants.

"How Not to Save Social Security" ("The Big Issues" series, editorial, Sept. 23) makes cogent arguments against the privatization of Social Security, but it should also be pointed out that a key economic justification for private retirement accounts, namely the increase in national savings, does not hold water.

I for one would rather be defended by someone who makes cogent arguments but doesn't care a jot about my welfare, than by someone whose heart is bleeding for my suffering but can't tell a logical argument from empty polemic, as heartfelt as such a polemic might be.