Sentence examples for that was undermining from inspiring English sources

Acoss described the system as an abuse of government power that was undermining confidence in public administration.

Mizuno was responsible for the Tempō reforms, the Tokugawa shogunate's final effort to halt the growing social and economic decline that was undermining its rule.

Attorney General Edwin Meese III saw a tough stand against marijuana as a way to push back against a counterculture that was undermining society.

"It is devastating for all of us," said Ms. Ferguson, a special education teacher, who called the increased reliance on standardized testing an "unhealthy obsession" that was undermining the quality of teaching and was damaging students.

It came as Mr Miliband dedicated Wednesday to campaigning against zero-hours contracts, with Mr Miliband describing them as an "epidemic" and a practice that was "undermining family life".

Malcolm Gladwell spotted this early, arguing in the New Yorker in 2002 that it was the corrosive influence of the "war for talent" that was undermining corporations and their ability to do the right things:This "talent mind-set" is the new orthodoxy of American management.

George Osborne declared a "march of the makers" in 2011 that was undermined by Siemens winning the Thameslink contract.

In a retrospective of the first season in Entertainment Weekly, "Gender Bender" was rated "B−", being described as a "clever idea" that was "undermined by a bushel of burning questions".

And he was already undertaking acts that were undermining civil society.

"This is a major concern of the British people that is undermining support for the European Union.

The next president must break a kleptocracy that is undermining ordinary Macedonians' faith in their state.