Sentence examples for seems riven from inspiring English sources

But Walter, who with her sleek-backed hair and cavernous cheeks cuts a remarkable figure, gives us a Brutus who seems riven with internal anguish.

Mario is conducting an affair with Nancy (Antonia Zegers) a cabaret showgirl, brother of a known Communist agitator, who is about to lose her job because of her anorexia, and who seems riven with neurotic anxieties – the secret behind which is revealed only at the very end.

Old habits die hard, in part because the two organisations seem riven by factions at ideological war with each other.

The party seemed riven by a looming leadership battle linked to the question of whether it will seek a return to leftist roots or swing to the center like Tony Blair's Labor Party in Britain.

But then came Galloway's rape gaffe and now, with claims of misogyny and bullying, both the party and city seem riven with dissent As the UN and Oxfam warn of the dangers ahead, expert analyst Lester Brown says time to solve the problem is running out With her seventh Bond film about to hit the big screen, Judi Dench shows no sign, even at 77, of curbing her enormous drive.

A conference committee has been impaneled to seek a compromise, but given the seemingly irreconcilable, ideologically riven positions, consensus seems unlikely.

Attempts to legislate away conflicts in an industry that is so riven with them seem bound to fail.

The true function of a lawyer seemed to him "to unite parties riven asunder".

Sorry to you all if what follows seems even more nonsensical than usual, and riven by inexplicable lapses in.

Probably, and possibly.The opposition seems increasingly bereft of plausible strategies and riven by internal dissent, despite gathering millions of signatures favouring some form of early election which Mr Chávez seems determined to avoid.

The documentary is riven by a contradiction that still seems to define most television reporting on Mr. bin Laden and his terrorist organization, Al Qaeda.