Sentence examples for turmoil against from inspiring English sources

Jones's stripped-down language echoes the repressed emotions of men in turmoil against a backdrop of darkening copses and sodden fields.

In "America, America," a liberal Presidential aspirant is ruined by scandal; the excellent short story "Vins Fins" sets one family's domestic turmoil against the backdrop of Watergate.

The Yemeni army, with U.S. backing, last year drove al Qaeda militants and their allies from strongholds they seized during months of turmoil against Saleh's rule.

But O'Connor's novel Miss Emily promises to take us inside the Dickinson home, unveiling the poet's creative process and the inner turmoil against which she fought in her pursuit of her art.

The turmoil comes against the backdrop of a broader political stasis in Pakistan.

The economic turmoil occurred against the backdrop of a national election, and the Republican administration's controversial response to the crisis, accompanied by a public demand for policy change, helped Democrats take full control in Washington.

At the trial, before a native magistrate, Miss Quested withdraws her accusations and Aziz is acquitted; but in the following turmoil Fielding, against his will, is true to his blood in sheltering Miss Quested, and he and Aziz drift apart.

Oil-rich Azerbaijan gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 amid political turmoil and against a backdrop of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Democrat argument appears to be that in calling the election at a time of turmoil, and against the advice of the Election Commission, the government put the political system in jeopardy.

That is why a vote for the Liberal Democrats this May is a vote for economic security against economic turmoil; for political stability against political uncertainty; and for the national interest against sectional self-interest.

More plausibly, he cited dismal growth, rising unemployment and global turmoil as arguments against the government's austerity programme, urging a much slower pace of deficit reduction.