Sentence examples for ranged him from inspiring English sources

A headlong entry into Ayrshire politics had ranged him in opposition to Henry Dundas, who was then emerging as a political despot in the management of the Scottish elections.

The visit ranges him symbolically on the side of the forces working for change and renewal within the Catholic church.

The subjects that interested him ranged widely, frequently consumed him and rarely rewarded him financially.

Meanwhile, governmental forces are ranged against him – and against ordinary citizens making a stand against snooping.

Ranged against him are the massed ranks of America's trial lawyers.

We ranged with him, encountering a landscape that was simultaneously familiar and unfamiliar, that pressed old acquaintances into new alliances.

He looked up and reckoned he could see a gap between the No8 and outside-centre ranged against him.

But this was a small victory, a transient revenge, as the forces ranged against him gathered speed.

Predictably, the fetid air and the dirty streets of the recently bombed-out East End disappoint, as do the unwashed, uncouth youngsters now ranged before him.

The Chechen issue finds his hitherto staunchest defender, ex-prime minister Yegor Gaidar ranged against him, on the same side as the Communists.

With a combination of business interests and some senior conservatives increasingly ranged against him, the president may feel forced to rely on more repressive tactics.