Sentence examples for promptly undermined from inspiring English sources

When Comey equivocated, Trump fired him, then put out a false story for why he did so, which he promptly undermined by admitting the real reason.

His ruling granting habeas rights to Guantanamo prisoners in Boumediene was promptly undermined by the DC Circuit, which tacked on a rule giving the government the benefit of the doubt on all evidentiary questions about a detainee's terrorist designation and has overruled every lower court release since 2010; the Supreme Court has declined to grant certiorari to review the Circuit's rule.

And promptly undermines its stateliness by feasting on fresh canine faeces.

The girls were able to keep themselves clean and rustle up the occasional meal as they screamed and flounced and slammed doors, and the boys managed to affect a democracy of sorts, writing impressive lists of rules before promptly undermining it all by beating each other up and failing to comprehend precisely how it is that their mum gets a frozen pizza to become edible.

Believing that his authority has been undermined, Meyer promptly fires her.

When Hamas won the Palestinian elections in 2006, America promptly sought to undermine the new government.

After making Ms Tymoshenko prime minister, he promptly set about undermining her.

The bill has passed the House but is stalled in the Senate, and President Clinton warned last week that Colombia might be "undermined and overwhelmed," unless action was promptly taken.