6 sentences with “emblematic”

Although emblematic of Stalin's tyranny, the purges did not cause nearly as many deaths as his other policies.

An emblematic example is the attitude of early feminists towards marriage: for middle-class women, marriage was a necessity, not a choice.

The case of India is emblematic in this regard. For a long time 'the jewel in the crown of the British Empire', India was both an economic powerhouse and a huge symbol of British prestige.

An emblematic example was the fact that the French crown almost completely controlled the French Church (despite battles with the papacy over this control), and directly appointed French bishops. In turn, these bishops often served the state as well as the church.

One of the most emblematic moments of the Spanish Civil War was the arrival of more than 20,000 foreign volunteers on the side of the Loyalists, including the Abraham Lincoln Brigade from the United States. Both the American writer Ernest Hemingway and the Englishman George Orwell fought in defence of the republic.

Perhaps the most emblematic example was Belgian King Leopold II's personal obsession with the creation of a Belgian colony in Africa, which he thought would elevate Belgium's status in Europe (and from which he could reap huge profits). In the end, his personal fiefdom - the Congo Free State - would become the most horrendous demonstration of the mismatch between the lofty "civilising mission" and the reality of carnage and exploitation.