Sentence examples for sweeping verdict from inspiring English sources
The current government in Zagreb was stunned by the sweeping verdict.
"Today's sweeping verdicts demonstrate beyond any reasonable doubt that McWane is one of the worst and most persistent violators of our nation's environmental and worker safety laws," David M. Uhlmann, chief of the Justice Department's environmental crimes section, said in an interview.
That simple verdict was part of a sweeping experiment in grass-roots democracy in rural India aimed at ensuring that the benefits of government programs for the poor actually go to the poor.
But then came sweeping desegregation following the US supreme court's 1954 Brown vs Board of Education verdict.
We were heartened that President Obama, in his statement after the verdict was issued, took the opportunity to denounce once again "the tide of gun violence" sweeping the country.
The verdict and sentence appear to wrap up one of the more lurid chapters of a sweeping scandal that brought down Ms. Gu's husband, Bo Xilai, and challenged the Communist Party during a politically delicate, once-a-decade leadership transition that is set to culminate in the fall.
Anger is sweeping America.
Albany needs sweeping change.
Probably nothing sweeping.
