Sentence examples for undermine something from inspiring English sources

As Ms. Ngai has written, illegal immigration "seems to undermine something fundamental to the very existence of a nation".

Mary Mazzoni, who is on the executive board of the parents' association, worries that the Lehman school will undermine something she has worked so hard on.

"The idea that anyone who comes into a new position of authority can undermine something that has been going on for years is outrageous," Mr. Meier said.

(When Hungary was accused of undermining the EU's common energy policy, the tart response was that it was impossible to undermine something that did not exist).As well as controlling pipelines, Gazprom has also been busy buying up pieces of Europe's gas infrastructure.

It undermines something much larger".

You can undermine only something which, if deprived of support, will collapse in ruin.

"Not that whacking moles doesn't work – but it is unnecessarily intrusive in people's lives, which erodes their limited confidence in the police, and undermines something fundamental to our ideals of democracy".

"It is really unfortunate that the good work of the force in 2012 is being undermined by something which occurred 23 years ago".

Hillary Clinton's decision to use race-based attacks to undermine Obama says something about who she is.

But the decision to join was just one example of the ways the Trump administration has found to use executive authority to undermine the law, something it will continue to do as long as it controls the executive branch.

And, further down the road-assuming no political earthquakes that undermine tribal America-something else could happen.