Sentence examples for trying to dissociate from inspiring English sources

But it's no good the liberals trying to dissociate themselves from their wilder compatriots in faith.

Trying to dissociate himself from his party's woes, Mr. Romaine called last month for Mr. Neppell's resignation.

The Republican Party seems to be actively trying to dissociate itself from the tradition of intellectualism your father represented.

Yemen is trying to dissociate itself from Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab by arguing that he was actually converted to jihadi terrorism in Britain.

Bush Administration loyalists say that their predictions about postwar Iraq were correct, just a little off on timing; pro-invasion liberals who are now trying to dissociate themselves from an adventure gone bad insist that though they may have sounded a false alarm, they erred "in the right direction" — not really a mistake at all.

Roth, however, tried to dissociate himself from the novel.

Cunningham has tried to dissociate music and dance but the rock groups followed the dance.

So I try to dissociate from that while I'm working on a painting.

Some commentators later tried to dissociate Schoenberg from his most notorious student, claiming that the two had had little contact.

There surely aren't many among the descendants of Richard Wagner, even those who have tried to dissociate themselves from their unhappy legacy.

In the past, the league has subtly tried to dissociate its players from black culture, presumably to make them more appealing to white fans.