Sentence examples for pernicious choice from inspiring English sources

Republican presidents have historically appointed administrators that line up with conservative ideals, but Diane Foley seems like an especially pernicious choice for women's reproductive rights.

It also argued that Sheila Cole, one of the plaintiffs in the case, was faced with a "pernicious choice" when she tried to adopt her granddaughter, who was placed in foster care because Cole was unable to adopt her.

The point is that there were inevitably going to be these pernicious choices, and it seems that they were not made well, they were not thought through adequately — especially given the incredible volatility and delicacy of the apple cart we were going to upset there, which we did.

Though long called a lifestyle choice or pernicious habit, smoking is now widely recognized as an addictive disease comparable to alcoholism or heroin addiction.

He has warned us about how corporate and government encroachments can, and have, limited our choices in pernicious ways, and has worked tirelessly for freedom in ways that we all need to understand.

The view that drug use is a moral choice is pervasive, pernicious, and wrong.

(That's one of the reasons excessive student loan debt is so pernicious -- it effectively reduces choices).

Here's a choice quote: [Student adviser Vince] Repesh says the game can be more pernicious than other addictions.

No bad deed goes heralded, and at its most pernicious, the show is realistic in the way it presents the consequences of characters' choices.

Furthermore, there is something truly pernicious about the alacrity with which charter schools skim the cream off of the very schools that have little choice but to accept charter school castaways when they wash out of "success academies".

Some of the choices are just plain "hard" and that means any official who gets caught actually making a "choice" is going to be pilloried from all sides and his or her "approval rating" -- the most pernicious polling device ever invented -- will plummet even lower than the rating that prevails while dithering.