Example collocations logo

Rhetoric in sentence

1149 examples of Rhetoric in a sentence

South Korean political leaders must also avoid being swept up by this intensifying war rhetoric.
The gap between the EU’s rhetoric of solidarity and shared values and its real-world behavior must be closed.
But rhetoric has consequences, and a politician as gifted as Modi must be aware that those in his party who are deploying public speech to undermine reputations can also weaken the very institutions that are crucial to his own laudable economic ambitions for India.
It remains far from clear, however, whether the shift in rhetoric and policy will move the planet any closer to embracing the best response.
Of course, to judge from official rhetoric, there is no threat to unity.
This time, governments can leave their recycled promises and heady rhetoric at home; instead, they should carry with them concrete plans to deliver the $1.4 billion they have already pledged.
The present US administration, by contrast, seems to put a much higher priority on war and the rhetoric of war.
But, unless all Europeans accept responsibility for saving the euro – and, with it, the EU – everything else is shallow rhetoric.
Russian interests concerning NATO, harsh rhetoric to the contrary, are ambiguous.
The danger in such an approach is that decisions may not be taken, or that those that are put rhetoric ahead of substance, thereby failing to resolve fundamental political challenges.
The good news is that the advanced economies of the G7 seem poised to begin – or perhaps have already begun – to rely more on fiscal policy to bolster sagging economic growth, even as they maintain the rhetoric of austerity.
Instead, Syria’s rulers are offering inducements to ensure that key constituencies remain in line – laptops for teachers, subsidies for public-sector workers, and empty reformist rhetoric.
Until now, Syria’s rulers have relied on their anti-Israel, anti-Western rhetoric to protect themselves.
While he has since shifted away from the unusual and controversial rhetoric of neutrality, the fact remains that his core constituency – enraged white working-class men – cares little about Israel.
De Gaulle’s firmness and rhetoric – aided, it must be said, by the fumbling of the rebels – established the primacy of the state.
But friendly rhetoric can scarcely allay concern in Asia and beyond that China's strategic goal is to dominate the region.
Despite all the rhetoric about "old" and "new" Europe, at the end of the Cold War opinion surveys showed that two-thirds of Czechs, Poles, Hungarians, and Bulgarians perceived the US as a good influence on their respective countries, but fewer than a quarter wanted to import American economic models.
Policy wonks have long known that one gets similar results when looking at which states receive more federal subsidies: Despite all the rhetoric about “getting the government off our backs,” the red states receive the most federal transfers, with Alaska, Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virginia, and the Dakotas topping the list.
Blue-state residents, who tend to be more educated and have higher incomes than residents of red states, have refrained from suggesting that their red-states compatriots exhibit behavior that falls short of the conservative rhetoric of personal responsibility.
Some observers also complain about the divisive negative rhetoric and advertising that characterized the campaign.
For much of its early history – to say nothing of the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction – the country was as closely divided as it is today, and bitter campaign rhetoric reflected the closeness of the competition.
But his main competitor, center-right Prime Minister Mark Rutte, adopted Wilders-like rhetoric – telling immigrants that they should leave the country if they do not want to behave “normally.”
She succeeded in that goal, but alienated many citizens with her Trump-like rhetoric calling for Britons to unify behind her “strong and stable” government – or else.
But no amount of lofty rhetoric can substitute for the reforms outlined here – or obviate the need for them.
One cause for hope is that AMLO has moderated his incendiary rhetoric and is no longer threatening to do away with the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Likewise, despite much rhetoric, greenhouse gas emissions are not seriously addressed until major shocks trigger political reactions.
Against the backdrop of these two equally plausible scenarios, we will know only in a few years whether December’s Bali declaration on climate change was just rhetoric or the start of a global effort to counter it.
The saddest part of this rhetoric of hate is not that pogroms are poised to be unleashed, but that so little has changed for so many in their mindsets.
Marshall argued that leadership is a matter not of rhetoric, but of character.
To mainstream ears, the rhetoric of such leaders will often sound jarring and extreme.
BackNext