Sentence examples for turn argument from inspiring English sources

The great danger of the clergyman in fiction is that his doctrinal belief will leak into the root system of the novel and turn argument into piety, drama into sermon.

More recently, at the beginning of 2009, a San Francisco blogger on matters ecological, animal and political, Rachel Kesel, posted a nicely turned argument for the "invasive species diet".

The Stoic Chrysippus apparently wrote a whole book, now lost, on such table-turning arguments.

This was also a place where interviews could turn into arguments, and arguments could turn circular.

He is a clever rhetorician, skilled at turning an argument round.

"It's a waste of time arguing with Stephen, he always manages to turn the argument round," she said.

Supporters of Mr. Delanoë turn that argument on its head.

Much though Western leaders would like to turn the argument into one about Turkey, the real question is for them.

On Tuesday morning, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, tried to turn that argument on its head.

The question is whether he can turn that argument into a broader indictment of the president's foreign policy.

With that reasoning in mind, the Bloomberg campaign sought yesterday to turn the argument on its head.