The paper reported rather tendentiously on the war atrocities. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a tendentious novel. From Dictionary.com.
'Then Razzak's equally remarkable,' said Roskill tendentiously. From Wordnik.com. [The Alamut Ambush]
If only a simplistic, tendentiously conceived smarm could be conceived as sound commentary. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
Rather, he relies on a set of rhetorical devices that tendentiously advance his assertions. From Wordnik.com. ['Sex, Lies, and Social Science': An Exchange] Reference
It may be phrased slightly tendentiously but I'm not sure I'd have written it that differently. From Wordnik.com. [More crap from the 'Independent'] Reference
Still, I'd give her some props for not demagoguing the question as tendentiously as the rest of them. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
Edited to add: the above is tendentiously-phrased to niggle at the Angel-lovers on my friends list, of course. From Wordnik.com. [Angel vs Buffy -- there can be only one] Reference
My point about the Judas gospel is simply that the story was vastly overplayed - and overplayed tendentiously. From Wordnik.com. [If anyone needed any proof ...] Reference
But the country to which the entire document tendentiously points is Israel, that saintly choirboy among the brutes. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
It was a breathtaking ride through narrow streets barely wide enough for two lanes less a row of tendentiously parked cars. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
And in doing so, his spokeswoman of course tendentiously mischaracterized what the authors claim, support and are advocating. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Campaign Removes Ad From Walt-Mearsheimer Book's Amazon Page] Reference
So, even if the data are tendentiously truncated, the disparity of the poles is a serious problem for GCM polar amplification. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Ocean Temperature Trends « Climate Audit] Reference
Morgan is right that Adams does not tendentiously cram the complexities of his sixteen-year span into the straitjacket of a theme. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Adams's Theme] Reference
Here again I was not interested in completely judging his work, which is, as I recognized, partly scholarly and partly tendentiously political. From Wordnik.com. [Revisiting American Communism: An Exchange] Reference
Tumor immunology had always been built of shaky materials; Hewitt's tendentiously authoritative paper leveled it like a tornado in a tent city. From Wordnik.com. [Vaccinating Against Cancer] Reference
"In no other European country", writes Grant, "is it acceptable for leading journalists to report tendentiously on, or even lie about, the EU". From Wordnik.com. [Does he really mean what I think he means?] Reference
To take those passages seriously, however, one today must read them selectively and tendentiously while ignoring their clearly antiquated aspects. From Wordnik.com. [John Seery: Proposition 8: "It Is Written, but I Say unto You."] Reference
I suppose I could tendentiously weave it into the fabric of this conversation on the grounds that some countries seem to manage to do exactly this. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Raging in Islington] Reference
That means if the President interprets these standards narrowly and tendentiously to permit certain interrogation practices, he also violates the law. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
Psychoanalysts have long held this view, which became popular through Bruno Bettelheim's tendentiously brilliant analyses in "The Uses of Enchantment.". From Wordnik.com. [Becoming Little Red Riding Hood] Reference
And so instead of honest admissions, we get all sorts of data-pruning and tendentiously macerated analytical methods to produce likely-looking outcomes. From Wordnik.com. [Polar Urals: Briffa versus Esper « Climate Audit] Reference
Assuming I fit a certain profile and tendentiously asserting so doesn't make your argument any stronger or your silly claims against me any more accurate. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Gets Into Verbal Tussle With Reporter] Reference
I might add that in the same deplorable piece Mr. Manchester quoted very partially and tendentiously from a memorandum I sent him about the first draft of his book. From Wordnik.com. [Research] Reference
Again, however, you prove my point that Obama supporters are routinely mendacious about what people have said, by falsely and tendentiously misinterpreting what I wrote. From Wordnik.com. [Obama To Surround Himself With Kennedys At Rally Today] Reference
First, nine years ago the court held that there is no constitutional "right to die," so such a right must be legislated, not tendentiously tickled from the Constitution's text. From Wordnik.com. [About Those Categories...] Reference
This is what we want people who write articles on science to do -- write tendentiously, without having any real knowledge of the topic or research on which they are reporting1!. From Wordnik.com. [I know nothing about it. I should write a Tech Central Station article.] Reference
E.g., simplistic and tendentiously conceived definitions - and accompanying harrumphs, as if to suggest reason itself should not be allowed to offend certain "august" pretensions. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
When Fennelly J. said in the passage that has been quoted so often and so tendentiously. From Wordnik.com. [Of Laws and Men] Reference
It starts off slow, as though the AP was just tendentiously describing some deposition testimony. From Wordnik.com. [madisonian.net] Reference
It may have been tendentiously but therapeutically anti-colonial - but in no way was it anti-Semitic. From Wordnik.com. [New Humanist Podcast] Reference
Oliphant's use of Nazi symbolism equating Israel's action in Gaza to that of the Third Reich is tendentiously false. From Wordnik.com. [Articles] Reference
Motes, eyes and beams come to mind, since the whole piece has tendentiously set up the 'red syndicalists' as scapegoats. From Wordnik.com. [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference
Lutz did say he was "genuinely saddened" by Henderson's departure and, slightly more tendentiously, described the timing as "inopportune". From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
"privilege", as is often tendentiously suggested, but merely a condition of meaningful self-government. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
"It may be phrased slightly tendentiously". From Wordnik.com. [More crap from the 'Independent'] Reference
He goes on to indict Petraeus tendentiously. From Wordnik.com. [Confusing Kernels With Cornfields | ATTACKERMAN] Reference
And the tendentiously. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
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