Sentence examples for operative describing from inspiring English sources

Prosecutors have offered one of the few publicly available glimpses of the shadowy Hezbollah operative, describing him as the "apex" of the cell that allegedly killed Hariri, and a figure akin to an "untraceable ghost" who assumed multiple identities.

Prosecutors have offered one of the few publicly available glimpses of the shadowy Hezbollah operative, describing him as the "apex" of the cell that allegedly killed Hariri, and a figure who was akin to an "untraceable ghost" who assumed multiple identities.

One Republican operative described Quist, to Politico, as "a glorified homeless person".

Floyd Brown, a conservative Republican operative, described McCarthy to me as the Party's "secret weapon".

Those last 10 days have largely been spent assessing the practical questions of conducting a campaign in what one operative described as a "very low-key, very hush-hush" way.

Speaking to The Hill newspaper on Friday, Mr. Saltsman, a longtime Republican operative, described it as a "light-hearted" gift that would be received in "good humor" by members of the Republican National Committee.

In an e-mail message sent today to an Arabic-language magazine in London, a man American officials say they believe is an Al Qaeda operative described the attack as having been well prepared and said further strikes might lie ahead.

When one political operative described Mr. Paterson as the opposite of a steamroller — Mr. Spitzer's self-description — that left the uncomfortable image of someone who can get rolled altogether too easily.