Sentence examples for smaller controversy from inspiring English sources

A smaller controversy is occurring in Temecula, about 60 miles north of San Diego, involving a typical stew of religion, politics and anti-immigrant sentiment.

Last month, when Paul Ryan's lament over the laziness of "inner-city men" sparked a smaller controversy, he followed his remarks with a barely credible, though nonetheless effective, disclaimer that he wasn't referring to any particular racial group.

And with that, another — admittedly smaller — controversy was revived as well: this one concerning how The Times refers to the interrogation methods that were adopted by the Bush administration after 9/11.

The league has also generated countless smaller controversies, involving sex, drugs and celebrity actors and cricketers behaving badly.

Bennett said even the smaller controversies, like the crying baby, are creating the type of image problems that "would have ended the Mitt Romney campaign" in 2012.

And out of that innocent exchange a small controversy was lighted.

Since the 18th century, with its emphasis on reason as the way to truth, the endeavor has stirred no small controversy.

Four decades after his death, the man known to millions simply as the King, continues to inspire devotion and obsession and the ability to trigger no small controversy.

In a statement sent Tuesday to the Washington Post, Pavone said that his actions caused "no small controversy," and his followers have made overwhelmingly positive comments.

The construction of the athletic center sparked a small controversy among students and faculty members, who argued that the college's limited resources -- the endowment is only $45 million -- could be better used elsewhere.

With him firmly established as the cook's cook, subsequent books have also enjoyed good sales – though there was a small controversy when he included a non-vegetarian option in a book called The Vegetarian Option.