Sentence examples for tenor of debate from inspiring English sources

Can he change the tenor of debate in a capital that seems as polarized as ever?

But the tenor of debate surrounding this movement is aggressive and offensive at worst, and at best completely blind to the world as it is.

And many here said, again hopefully, that the absence of his ideological dominance in the Arab world could shift the tenor of debate.

A pope can change the tone and tenor of debate by making statements, but everything he's done is a matter of nuance and focus.

With any luck, the nation's highest court will dismantle DOMA, a decision that wouldn't create marriage equality coast to coast but would change the tenor of debate in states considering the legalization of same-sex marriage.

Second, her references to Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. and sweeping celebration of "heart-filled politics" are so totally at odds with the wonkish tenor of debates over healthcare and foreign policy that define most political discourse, that it is equally likely this dissonance will define her as refreshing and visionary rather than vague and hippy-dippy.

Though the issues being debated have life-and-death implications, the tenor of the debate owes much to the overcharged identity politics of the last two decades.

He says that the "immigration debate...has built a wall between the Hispanic community and the GOP" that stems from the tone and tenor of the debate.

The tenor of the debate has unnerved some Chinese immigrants, and angered others.

David: Another issue that intrigued me was the tenor of the debate.

Yet it is clear that the controversy over the ban has altered the tenor of the debate.