Sentence examples for plainly directed from inspiring English sources

Abbott's recent comments about the threat of terrorism were plainly directed at the risk of Muslim terrorism.

The Americans were likely to sign a new batch of anti-missile deals in the region, plainly directed against Iran.

In remarks that were plainly directed at Russia, Younger said the UK and other European democracies faced a "fundamental threat" from hostile states employing cyber-attacks, propaganda and "subversion of the democratic process".

Rather, he has sought to turn Britain's strident criticism to his own advantage by portraying himself as an African patriot spitting in the eye of British imperialism, even though his "land-reform" programme is plainly directed as much at destroying the opposition and rewarding his supporters as it is at redistributing white farmland.

The pop star Kesha released the best song of her career — "Praying" wishes divine mercy for someone who hurt and betrayed her, and seems plainly directed at her alleged abuser, the producer Dr. Luke — but it was passed over for Song of the Year (it was nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance).

In defending the regulations, Massachusetts told the court that the companies were overstating the impact of the regulations, which the state said were aimed at children who could not legally buy tobacco products in any event and "plainly are not directed at dampening the demand for tobacco products among legitimate purchasers".

This is an objection specifically targeted against hermeneutic fictionalism; it is plainly irrelevant as directed against a revolutionary fictionalist.

In examining, for instance, the several parts of a watch, the spring, the barrel, the chain, the fusee, the balance, the wheels of various sizes, forms, and positions, what is it which would take an observer's attention, as most plainly evincing a construction, directed by thought, deliberation, and contrivance?

Plainly Jonze who also directed Being John Malkovich, among other movies, is concerned with being and authenticity, two philosophical concepts that derive directly from the pages of Heidegger's Being and Time.

That will plainly take time.

"Nothing but the Truth," which Mr. Lurie wrote and directed, is at once plainly based on Ms. Miller's story and yet hardly a docudrama.