Sentence examples for used sweeping from inspiring English sources

Chief Justice Roberts used sweeping language culled from the First Amendment canon in setting out the central place free speech plays in the constitutional structure.

A week earlier, Justice Kennedy, writing for a unanimous court in a 10th Amendment case, used sweeping language to tie federalism concerns to individual liberty, a notion central to the arguments of the states and groups challenging the health care law.

Instead of applying one large potential in sweeping mode, we have used sweeping cycles with gradually increasing the range (maximum value) in order to avoid large potentials.

Last week, a federal judge in New York City used sweeping language to invalidate a handful of human gene patents, casting doubt on hundreds more.

To make his case, he used sweeping generalizations and, according to some, gross exaggerations and misrepresentations of the facts.

In Iceland, the government used sweeping powers over the country's banks granted in the Reykjavik parliament on Monday night.

Al de Lory's arrangement uses sweeping violins to evoke a vast empty space and the loneliness of the lineman.

The writer of your Nov. 23 Soapbox essay on New Jersey governance uses sweeping generalizations to conclude that savings are possible.

Almost a decade ago, regulators warned sunscreen makers about using sweeping terms like "all-day protection" and "waterproof," but those concerns never resulted in regulations.

Instead, MI5 agents use sweeping surveillance powers to develop information about organizations that may threaten Britain's safety -- intercepting communications, eavesdropping and using informants and moles to infiltrate terrorist organizations.

Human rights groups have said that China uses sweeping accusations of terrorism and religious extremism to describe outbursts of Uighur discontent, and ignores the role of its own harsh policies in creating discontent.