Sentence examples for uncomfortable echo from inspiring English sources

The story is an uncomfortable echo of Puzo's past hits.

There is also an uncomfortable echo of Disney — of treating history as entertainment.

The total amount of capital held by European insurers would not change much (an uncomfortable echo of the intended neutral impact of the Basel 2 regime).

For some people here, Indonesia's promise of domestic justice is an uncomfortable echo of its guarantee last year that it would police East Timor's independence referendum.

The words "referendum" have been painted in huge letters all along the main coast road, an uncomfortable echo for Jakarta of the concession already made to the East Timorese.

The critic Arlene Croce has seen in the film's depiction of a superhuman, authoritarian conductor (performed as a towering silhouette by Leopold Stokowski) an uncomfortable echo of the fascist leaders who had come to power in Europe.

Still, there were uncomfortable echoes of Katrina.

And there are now uncomfortable echoes of the 1930s in the rise of extremist parties in mainland Europe.

The case, with its uncomfortable echoes of the 1995 gang rape of a schoolgirl by three American servicemen, struck a nerve in Okinawa.

Because of the events of September 11, Adams finds himself accused of being an "anti-American" composer, a label with uncomfortable echoes of the McCarthy era of the 1950s.

While The Lone Ranger's performance could still be saved by its performance overseas – Johnny Depp has strong appeal in both European and Asian markets – there are uncomfortable echoes of Disney's last box office flop, John Carter.