Sentences with phrase «cudgels at»

«They were also throwing burning firewood, stones and cudgels at the convoy as it was leaving the venue after the successful rally.

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The issue has at times become a political cudgel — just Google «Obama» and «food stamps,» or, better yet, don't — but this week's report shows the pace of improvement is finally starting to accelerate.

One could look at the Bible and perhaps reach the conclusion that using one's religious beliefs as a cudgel with which to hammer the marginalized is... well, somewhat heretical.»

Walcott is a great player but is unproven at the tip of the spear and may never be able to take up that cudgel due to either injury or ability, Giroud is a wonderful player but is far too inconsistent to do the clinical job we require and Im really sorry but Wellbeck will Never ever be that player in my opinion.

None of the bigwigs who are out today with cudgels aimed at the jugular of the Buhari administration could be exonerated from the unenviable position Nigeria finds herself.

Private critics screenings are, of course, held at the pleasure of the company, but other journalists objected to Disney using that privilege as a cudgel against a newspaper simply for reporting a story.

This leads to what Jonathan Rauch, a contributing editor at this magazine, calls the «offendedness sweepstakes,» in which opposing parties use claims of offense as cudgels.