Sentence examples for straightforward war from inspiring English sources

Now this looks ever more clearly like another straightforward war by former colonial powers against an Arab nation.

It'll be interesting to see how Nolan tackles a straightforward war story, since there probably won't be any cerebral, high-concept mind-fucks like Inception or Prestige's twists.

The importance of this clip is not that it depicts some rare and straightforward war crime, but rather that it depicts an unfortunately common and accepted aspect of such a war as we have gotten ourselves into at the behest of people who assured us that our goals would be accomplished in less than a year and with less than $60 billion.

As Queenie says at the beginning of the episode, a war is coming, and not just a straightforward war between voodoo and witchcraft: Fiona promises vengeance on her own coven, Madison is jealous of FrankenKyle and Zoe, Queenie feels sympathy for a caged LaLaurie, Nan is pissed at her coven for not thinking that she could possibly be the next Supreme, and Hank the witchhunter is out to kill.

It was equally obvious that if he allowed this realisation to commit him to a straightforward slugging war, there would be only one winner and it would not be Ali.

Syria never had a straightforward civil war.

Three years ago, an uprising against the Assad regime turned into what looked like a straightforward civil war between Syrian government forces and rebels.

Elsewhere, there's a song that retells the famous story of how Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter while on LSD ("America's Favorite Pasttime"), a song about the high hopes of low-lifes ("Unorganized Crime"), a straightforward anti-war tune ("Bring 'Em Home"), and a rollicking duet with Loretta Lynn ("Don't Tempt Me").

In its straightforward way "Hollywood Goes to War" captures the remarkable insularity and weary self-righteousness of filmmakers whose work emphasizes special-effects violence rather than human relationships.

"The triumph of this bloody terrorist, war-criminal and butcher is a straightforward declaration of war," echoed the organ of Syria's Baath Party.

The ensemble, a rotating group made up mostly of expatriate New Yorkers, registered a well-received, straightforward account of war horses like "On Green Dolphin Street" and "Bye Bye Blackbird".