Sentence examples for tipped against from inspiring English sources

It's a good thing, because the scales are tipped against him.

However, he said, he hoped that "the balance would not be tipped against those without head scarves in the future".

Sensing that the balance has tipped against them, Mr. Khieu Samphan and his comrades have begun making their defense.

At some point in Friday night's wild game against Chicago, the Rangers started thinking the universe had tipped against them.

There is already a powerful perception among many black and ethnic minority groups that the scales of justice are tipped against them.

"If there was any kind of lead," he said, "I can't believe there'd have been a financial factor that would have tipped against doing it".

"These factors can tip against going forward with new drug development," he said.

Yet, the latest signs suggest the scholarly balance is tipping against the sentimentalists.

It must seem like I have a vendetta against the men from Broadhall Way after repeatedly tipping against them, but after three consecutive victories, the Shrimps are a big price at north of 3-1 to sink Stevenage.

But fans tend to outnumber detractors, especially on weekend nights until about 11, when the ratio of very drunk to not-so-drunk subway riders begins to tip against the actors' favor.

Armed rebels are confronted by traumatised civilians, by a military balance of power which is tipping against them, and by deadly internecine feuds.