Sentences with 'squarely'
Example sentences and phrases with the word squarely and other words derived from it.
• « On the world stage there were constant disputes between the great powers over their colonies, especially as those colonies were pitted against each other in Africa and Asia. However, violence in the colonies was almost always directed at the native peoples of those colonies, and there the balance of power was squarely on the side of the Europeans. Thus, even European soldiers overseas were inexperienced in facing enemies armed with comparable weapons. »
• « In what analysts largely interpreted as a protest vote against not only the European Union itself, but complacent British politicians whose interests seemed focused squarely on the welfare of London over that of the rest of the country, a slim majority of Britons voted to end their country's membership of the Union. »
• « Although cotton production had soared during this time and this increase contributed to the fall in prices, many Southerners blamed their economic problems squarely on the tariff for raising the prices they had to pay for imported goods while their own incomes were falling. »