Sentence examples for societal outrage from inspiring English sources

In theory, the government can withstand the drip-feed of protests for weeks more if there are no major shifts in the pattern we are currently in; that's to say, no large loss of life or particularly egregious case of brutality that prompts total societal outrage or very serious looting that cannot be controlled by the GNB alone.

Despite societal outrage and widespread media spotlight on the crimes, law-enforcement institutions have been slow to act, and at times lethargic.

Marcantel was playing out the scenario in his head; it was easy to imagine the societal outrage if someone were judged no longer dangerous and then went on to rape or kill.

Klein, the philosophy lecturer at Arizona State, said we live in a "culture of outrage," with societal pressures to disengage from everything some find troubling.

It claimed the women were wearing rhinestone flats at the time – and said that the subject matter of the film itself – a lesbian romance starring Cate Blanchett about fighting against societal norms – added to the outrage of those turned away.

But the disease I was most interested in addressing was apathy, a condition in which we express collective outrage over a societal ill and then eventually the anger dissipates as things return to "business as usual".

"Every week sees new hacks disclosed by companies large and small, and though this may now be a new societal reality, it should not lessen our outrage," said the company in an unbylined statement.

When details of the law were exposed, it was met by a deluge of outrage and disapproval across the societal spectrum.

"Is there not law for it?" "Inside Job," a sleek, briskly paced film whose title suggests a heist movie, is the story of a crime without punishment, of an outrage that has so far largely escaped legal sanction and societal stigma.

Some might consider the overwhelming public outrage at the recent college admissions cheating scandal as a rebuke of this societal "caste system" phenomenon.

In her reply to my column, the author of "Unnatural Selection" also disputes my suggestion that her book's tone of moral outrage depends on an (implicit) sympathy for aborted female fetuses as well as a concern for the societal impact of sex-selective abortion.