Sentences with 'overtly'
Example sentences and phrases with the word overtly and other words derived from it.
• « The ballet dancers prowled the stage, sometimes in overtly sexual ways, and the music changed tempo and abandoned its central theme. However, within a few years (and after a change in its wild choreography), The Rite of Spring became part of the canon of great ballet pieces. »
• « Even when overtly racist laws were repealed elsewhere - notably in the United States as a result of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s - apartheid remained resolutely intact. »
• « However, the problem for women in the post-war period was widespread discontent and dissatisfaction with the social role they were forced to play, along with overtly sexist laws and oppressive cultural codes. »
• « Even some citizens who do not harbour overtly racist views have come to be attracted to the new right, as mainstream political parties often seem to represent only the interests of out-of-touch social elites (once again, Brexit serves as the starkest demonstration of voter resentment that translates into a shocking political outcome). »