Sentence examples for parochial point from inspiring English sources

I was looking at it from a much more parochial point of view – I didn't see the injustice of it as I do now".

But still sticking to the business of how rather than what Hitchens thinks, the peculiar tone of self-righteousness, combined with a parochial point of view, even when the causes concern faraway, even exotic countries, is distinctive.

Whether or not novels in general, or epistolary novels in particular, were the critical genre in expanding empathy, the explosion of reading may have contributed to the Humanitarian Revolution by getting people into the habit of straying from their parochial vantage points.

"The power of literacy," as he argues "get[s] people in the habit of straying from their parochial vantage points" while "creating a hothouse for new ideas about moral values and the social order".

"It is quite parochial but an important point for us.

More to the point, it provides parochial social services to people of all religions in the state's name, and is the source of the pomp and circumstance with which royal unions attach themselves to a history of authority and tradition and preserve a dynastic claim.

Members of the fashion world are a notoriously parochial and persuadable lot, a point rarely lost during the final days of the twice-a-year collections, by which time editors, stylists and store buyers have achieved a Vulcan mind meld and ordained some new designer a genius, while reclassifying some one-time genius a joke, all for reasons that seem to have little to do with talent.

Despite his earlier troubles, Foley still managed to bounce back and deliver at the telling point amid a hostile, parochial crowd more reminiscent of Murrayfield than Twickenham.