Sentence examples for sharp contention from inspiring English sources

The validity of bringing charges of material support and conspiracy in a tribunal — at least for actions before October 2006, when Congress approved them as triable offenses in a military commission — has been a point of sharp contention inside the Obama administration.

The use of nudity is a particularly sharp bone of contention, with Mr. Sendak insisting on it and Mr. Wolken worried that it would be at best distracting and at worst titillating.

The Magnolia course at Walt Disney World Resort has surrendered birdies all week, meaning anyone whose game was sharp could vault into contention.

"There are some people who believe their rights are the only rights," Mr. Street declared, the Afro hairdo of his protest youth winnowed and gray, but his instinct for contention still sharp as he flourishes it in protection of the downtown establishment.

"The problem is he just hasn't played enough to be sharp when he gets in contention".

The ruling, written by Judge Jay Bybee, took sharp issue with Google's contention that data transmitted over a Wi-Fi network was not protected by federal wiretapping laws because it was an electronic "radio communication".

In a coordinated and calculated strategy, Republicans in the House and Senate are delivering quick and sharp counterpunches to dispute Democrats' contentions that the Republicans plan to pilfer the Social Security checks of the elderly by steering their retirement money into the stock market.

A federal magistrate judge recently ordered a hearing on Mr. Nosair's claim of prosecutorial misconduct, leading to a sharp response from prosecutors, who say Mr. Nosair's contention is "absurd" and deny suppressing the witness.

The opportunity is the vigorous debate and fundamental areas of contention that are increasingly obvious within: most sharp is the divide between those who consider targeting Muslim civilians to be legitimate and those who do not.

This was a bone of contention at board meetings, especially with Pickford, the sharpest business brain at UA.

Last year it was the normally-sharp Mark LeCras, Jamie Cripps and Jack Darling who missed the kinds of chances that put the Eagles out of contention.