Sentence examples for outrageous measures from inspiring English sources

The Democrats then crushed an effort by Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, to match two outrageous measures passed by the House that would expedite lease sales in protected coastal waters while undermining safety reforms adopted after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

For his part, President Obama should be threatening to veto this outrageous measure.

The chief executive of the Arab Council of Australia, Randa Kattan, said the "absolutely outrageous" measure targeted Muslim women.

The chief executive of the Arab Council of Australia, Randa Kattan, said the "absolutely outrageous" measure reflected "conflicting messages coming out of Canberra".

Jim Killock, the executive director of the Open Rights Group, which has campaigned against the blocking of websites, said doing so for online pornography was an "outrageous" measure that put the UK in the company of countries such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

ANDREW MCKAY, Reading, U.K. In my field, real estate, the government is railroading an outrageous measure, known as Seller's Information Packs, that will make it a criminal offence to market residential properties without first obtaining (and paying for in advance) a structural-condition report, draft contract and local-authority search.

That's as outrageous as measuring the wind chill in Florida!

She is measured, not outrageous.

Rich-country farm subsidies and tariffs are outrageous by any rational measure.

"This is outrageous conduct by any measure and beyond the pale for a sitting jurist," Mr. Kelly said.

He likened her action to aiding in the escape of a suspected violent criminal and called her decision "outrageous conduct by any measure," adding that "her actions merit investigation for judicial misconduct".