Sentence examples for manipulated fear from inspiring English sources

For decades under Mr Mubarak, the deep state manipulated fear of the Islamists to mute dissent by liberals or Christians or secular nationalists.

In another experiment, Buhr and Dugas (2009) manipulated fear of anxiety and observed changes in worry scores between participants with low IU compared with high IU.

Across Europe, Austria's far right manipulated fear and prejudice over the refugee crisis.

I live with manipulated fear, ignorance, cultural confusion and social antagonism huddling together on the faultline of an empire.

Cuba's leading dissident faulted his government today for manipulating fears of an invasion by the United States to justify its harsh line on opposition.

"But the main reason was a feeling that they were being manipulated by fear from doctors and the government into vaccinating, and they don't trust them," she said.

Like all terrorism, she contends, rape has two targets: the direct victims, who are seen as expendable, and the broader population to whom a message is sent, and who can then be manipulated by fear into complying with demands they would otherwise reject.

We are manipulated by fear used by the "military industrial complex".

Do we fall into fear so vast we welcome in hate that manipulates fear falsely promising to restore and protect us?

For much of American history, demagogues have manipulated irrational fears toward people of minority religious beliefs, particularly Catholics and Jews.

Noreen reported on the question of terrorism and democracy: "In Mauritania, we met a pro-democracy writer and activist, Abderrahmane Weddady, who made the case that the autocratic Mauritanian government manipulated American fears of terrorists.