Sentence examples for overweening from inspiring English sources

Today, too many Republicans hear the constitution telling them to dig in and seek Mr Obama's surrender.Fighting, not fixingThe Founding Fathers did worry about overweening presidents trampling the constitution.

But only he combines a general dislike of the overweening federal government with a particular, obsessive hatred of what he considers the corrupt system of money at its secret heart.Pauline conversionIn 1972, though hard at work as an obstetrician and gynaecologist, he travelled 50 miles to Houston to hear the elderly Ludwig von Mises offer an "inspiring" denunciation of socialism.

In fact, some regulatory competition is useful, because it should stop regulators from growing complacent or overweening.

The other, "A View From The Bridge", is at the Wyndham's Theatre if you want families torn asunder and the woes of overweening patriarchy, it seems Mr van Hove is your man.

Americans' distrust of overweening government power is as deeply rooted a tradition as vigilante justice, Mr Zimring concedes.

His police branch has been seen as a bastion of influence for Lebanon's 30% Sunni Muslim minority, and also as a locus of hostility towards the Syrian regime, which has long exercised overweening influence in its smaller neighbour.

The roots of this repression lie not in the leaders' overweening confidence but in their nervousness.

Karla Simon, an American academic and author of "Civil Society in China", says that the number of NGOs could double again in just a couple of years as registration is further eased.It is telling, however, that these changes come at a time of increased political repression, including against those who simply call upon an overweening party to abide by China's own (Communist-written) constitution.

The threat to privacy, they say, stems from the sinister power that a national identity register could one day grant an overweening state.

In the face of overweening globalisation, to destroy the twin towers was the only response.

He thinks movies that condemn the invasion as an idiotic spasm of overweening neo-conservative aggression and incompetence have failed artistically because of their hyperbole.