Sentence examples for placed on the wrong side from inspiring English sources

Being old is distressing enough without the guilt of being placed on the wrong side of a contemporary equation of injustice.

The Iranian regime is placed on the wrong side of the current prevailing mood in the region.

To get a sense of what critics are worried about, it's helpful to imagine yourself unjustly placed on the wrong side of this technology.

In 1953, the United States placed itself on the wrong side of history by supporting an Iranian despot against his people.

And it has had disastrous political consequences: the administration has placed itself on the wrong side of popular rage over bailouts and bonuses.

Rarely have two people so clearly placed themselves on the wrong side of history as decisively as Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett did through their article about Iran.

They note that the bureau did not miss the people; it simply placed some on the wrong side of the street, for example.

Defeat would have placed Federer on the wrong side of tennis history, for once, as the third No. 1 seed to fall in the first round since Wimbledon started in 1877.

And when they were slaughtered in Tripoli, the Czech Republic said catastrophe would follow the fall of Muammar Qaddafi, Malta defended Libya's sovereignty and Italy predicted that the protests would lead to an Islamic emirate.With every new Arab uprising, some European country has placed itself on the wrong side of history.

In an interview with the Huffington Post, Warsi said: "Our position not to recognise Palestinian statehood at the UN in November 2012 placed us on the wrong side of history and is something I deeply regret not speaking out against at the time".

And in both cases, John McCain's judgment and values have placed him on the wrong side of history".