Sentence examples for running counter from inspiring English sources

Water Valley's stories are running counter to the national narrative.

But London is, in fact, running counter to an unmistakable trend.

Running counter to hallowed rules is rarely rewarding and often risky.

Economic development has sometimes been seen as running counter to environmental well-being.

A running counter tallies the contributions Mr. Abraham has collected from corporations.

But, running counter to that, I also felt a rush of indignation.

Running counter-factuals is always a risky business, but I think Obama could have indeed closed Guantánamo if he really wanted to.

If the person is called a goose, he or she must chase after the picker, running counter-clockwise.

In the wake of the attack, Ms. Kaag cited the existence of "parties here who consider these kinds of summer camps to be running... counter-religious values".

Torture was routine, as were horrendous abuses in a long-running counter-insurgency campaign in Somali region.

And arrests for grand larceny, many of which involved iPads and iPhones, were running counter to the positive crime trends.