Sentences with phrase «dudgeon because»

Critics exploded in high dudgeon because he wrote to one priest who was apparently guilty of serial abuses that his ministry had been a blessing to «many people.»

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Asking people to join is great, but if you have a full - scale legislative action module, it's even better to have an action alert posted — people are on a page because they're interested in the subject, so a standing alert (i.e., a link that impells them to «Tell Congress to Stamp Out Blue Fizzies») lets you catch them when they're in high dudgeon.

But Republican Rob Astorino's campaign has been strangely ineffective, because it takes the same tone of high dudgeon on Moreland that it took on fake scandals (remember the attacks on Cuomo's tax assessment?).

Veep redirects the crackling verbal fireworks of The West Wing from Aaron Sorkin's liberal high dudgeon to the pure cynicism of likability indices, brand images, news cycles, and gaffes, and the comedy comes off because it's The West Wing, not Veep, that now seems like the Hollywood fantasy.

Pat Dudgeon: I think the strategy is good but our job — and that includes the Aboriginal leadership too — is to make sure it's meaningful on the ground because Canberra is a long way from those communities out there.