Sentence examples for somehow above from inspiring English sources

The notion that the selection of justices is somehow "above" politics--a notion that Bush finds convenient--impoverishes debate and ultimately the rule of law itself.

So what is it in the Greek media environment and political culture that has convinced the Greeks that they are somehow "above" the requirements imposed by the Troika and thus able to pick and choose which structural reforms of their decrepit economy and public sector they would implement?

By calling me an "asshole" just because I tweeted her personal account to tell her how awful her new video was and outline all the ways in which she has personally failed me, Rihanna not only proves beyond all doubt that unlike myself she has an embarrassingly thin skin, but also that she thinks having a few platinum discs and Grammys makes her somehow "above" the concept of freedom of screech.

Rather, Postman wants us to look at the technology that we use with an eye that is somehow "above" the content of the technology". So, the key question is whether the iPad is yet another example of our thirst for Megatechnic and Monotechnic solutions (rather than Biotechnic and Polytechnic ones)?

We've deluded ourselves into thinking -- since the mid-1970s -- that we're somehow "above" the assassination tactic.

The dominant side of me is a shitty fuccboi who thinks he's somehow above love as a concept.

As our contribution is about the relation between public authority and interactive policy-making, somehow the above dimensions of legitimacy of public authority need to be matched with the essential characteristics of interactive policy-making, without infringing upon them.

Unfortunately, as I was to observe in the ensuing years, the lessons to be learned here were not heeded by many Spanish expats who arrogantly continued to believe they were somehow protected, or above and beyond the violence of Colombia.

He was there, but was somehow floating above it all.

Some people still insist that the arts should somehow be above politics, but Sellars profoundly disagrees.

This in turn suggests that the President is somehow outside, above or perhaps below the law.