Sentence examples for played on fear from inspiring English sources

For years, the extreme rightwing parties have played on fear, the need for security and the rejection of the other.

And although the recent campaign was a polite affair, the PAP has in the past played on fear and greed, threatening to deprive opposition-voting constituencies of funds for public-housing improvements, for example.

In the 2014 election, conservatives played on fear -- of Isis and Ebola.

Conservatives in this country have played on fear for so long, they forgot all the other plays in the playbook.

He then played on fear, "Nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country, are roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens".

The informants related the high level of stigma to the way the national HIV preventive campaigns played on fear, by employing a "scare tactic" mainly focusing on drug users and sex workers, who were defined as "social evils" in the anti-drug and anti-prostitution policy.

The no campaigns played on fears of globalisation, on slow growth and on high unemployment.

The first time around, in the 70's, "Stepford" played on fears of a feminized future.

David Cameron's winning campaign relentlessly played on fears with English voters that the SNP would enter government with Labour.

It began with frequent, quieter digs at Jewish people that played on fears of "the other" and ethnic stereotypes.

The drafters of the Harrison Act of 1914, the first federal ban on non-medical narcotics, played on fears of "drug-crazed, sex-mad negroes".