Sentence examples for seemed able to break from inspiring English sources

No degree of suffering or inequality of arms seemed able to break them.

Just like old times, politicians seem able to break laws with impunity to enrich themselves.

As in the bad old days, some politicians seem able to break any law with impunity to enrich themselves in the continent's wealthiest state houses, where they often have bigger budgets at their disposal than many of Africa's smaller countries.

But none of their competition seems able to break into the very top end of Harper's list.

In the news pages, the murders were soon attributed to a single killer; he was dubbed the Phantom Fiend because he seemed able to get into apartments without breaking in, apparently talking his victims into opening their doors.

Nobody seemed able to hold serve consistently.

Only bleach seemed able to destroy it.

He certainly seemed able to.

I just don't seem to be able to break through.

Sometimes I seem to be able to break through the glass wall that has separated me from the rest of "normal" society and feel part of it once again.

It's a stalemate nobody seems willing or able to break," said Dan Connell, who has chronicled Eritrean history for 40 years and regularly visits its border towns, referring to claims, strongly denied, that Asmara supports Somali islamist group al-Shabaab and its incursions into Ethiopia.