Sentence examples for rough campaigning from inspiring English sources

Part of Ms. Townsend's tendency to shy away from rough campaigning may be reflected in her desire to be seen as a centrist.

Mr Ashcroft has never had a good press.As a senator from Missouri, he was sneered at for his piety (as he saw it) or abhorred because of his rough campaigning habits and conservative views on social issues (the journalists' version).

Asked if the Democratic candidates' rough campaigning would hurt the party, Mr. Farrell said it was to be expected in a primary, adding, "When I go to a boxing match, I expect to see someone get punched".

They're telling her to move from a genteel "listening tour" to a rough campaign.

His campaign team says behind Duterte's rough campaign speeches there is a team of thoughtful policymakers.

He seems more comfortable among Europe's elder statesmen than steeling himself for another rough campaign on the Spanish hustings.Other possible candidates have drawbacks, too.

That year, the dais seemed a beacon of brotherhood at the end of a rough campaign that finally delivered the country beyond anti-Catholic bias.

Each is trying to show that he would be best able to slug it out in what primary voters assume will be a very rough campaign.

"We're into a very rough campaign where a lot of personal comments have already been made, and then you have a war that promoted very strong feelings," Mr. Roberts said.

THE election is not until July of next year, but the beating of a party activist into a coma on January 12th, apparently by a rival party's mob, signalled the start of what will be a long, rough campaign for the presidency of Mexico.

I think they ran a rough campaign because they wanted to win, and I think they crossed a line in doing it.