Sentence examples for overwhelming conviction from inspiring English sources

He is "guided by one overwhelming conviction and passion: this century must be an American century," like the century that saw the Cold War.

Reaching into his core for a performance of overwhelming conviction, he might have been thinking of Ms. Lieberson, to whom this production is dedicated.

No fiscal detail — a trillion here, a trillion there — can stand in the way of what Romney has called his "one overwhelming conviction and passion" — that the 21st century be as American as the 20th.

Aware of the perception that he is arrogant and distant, Obama struck a humble tone throughout, saying he was "mindful of my own failings" and citing Lincoln's famous quote that he had been driven to his knees many times "by the overwhelming conviction that I had no place else to go".

Particularly important during this period were his visits to Bad Boll, where he met the Moravian preacher Christoph Blumhardt and gained an overwhelming conviction about the victorious reality of Christ's resurrection, which ever afterward constituted for him both the starting point and the bedrock of his theology.

And while I'm proud of what we've achieved together, I'm far more mindful of my own failings, knowing exactly what Lincoln meant when he said, "I have been driven to my knees many times by the overwhelming conviction that I had no place else to go".

Since the case against Major Hasan was overwhelming, his conviction was a near certainty, and the main question in the trial was whether he would receive the death penalty.

Thus, the lawyer's belief that the complicated line of reasoning is correct lacks the overwhelming emotional conviction needed to overcome the lawyer's desire, and thus cannot cause the lawyer to believe that his client is innocent of the eighth murder.

Still, the verdict was a surprising counterpoint to the overwhelming number of convictions in similar terrorism trials in the United States, and has deepened the debate over the use of civilian courts for terrorism detainees.

The evidence was overwhelming, and the brothers' conviction was upheld to the highest court.

The state's supreme court rejected a last-ditch appeal by Davis's lawyers over the 1989 murder of off-duty policeman Mark MacPhail, despite overwhelming evidence that the conviction is unreliable.