Sentence examples for malign state from inspiring English sources

Kafkaesque is a word which has come to mean the individual's helplessness in the face of an incompetent or malign state apparatus.

The leaders said the link to the GRU - revealed on Wednesday - would strengthen their intention to work together against foreign spy networks, the use of chemical weapons, and to "defend ourselves from all forms of malign state activity directed against us and our societies".

The second point that Realists make that most Americans find repugnant is the idea that you can't discriminate between morally virtuous states and malign states in the international system.

That's not meant to be yet another poke at the country's most mercilessly maligned state.

He endorsed my re-election, and I know he is with me in spirit in saying to those who would malign our state for political gain: Don't mess with Texas.

The UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, has joined the US in condemning "divisive" German plans to press ahead with the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, arguing it could leave European energy consumers heavily dependent on "a malign Russian state".

We want our hostages back NOW!" In their eagerness to malign a state that they've always regarded as an enemy, and a nuclear deal they've opposed from the get-go, Washington's hawks missed the real story.

Bihar once had been maligned, a state moving backward, even as India pushed forward.

Yet, three Democratic judges are undermining the integrity of our elections while also maligning our state.

"Yet three Democratic judges are undermining the integrity of our elections while also maligning our state".

A few moments later, Mr. Davis said Mr. Schwarzenegger was distorting his record and maligning the state of California.