10 sentences with 'corruption'
Example sentences and phrases with the word corruption and other words derived from it.
• « That began to change when the Assyrians destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel in 722 BCE. Many of the Hebrews saw this disaster as proof of the corruption of the rich and powerful and the righteousness of the Prophetic Movement. »
• « In these stories, the various defeats of the Hebrew people were explained by internal corruption, often the result of the Hebrews turning away from the covenant and worshipping other gods. »
• « As had been done in Athens a hundred years earlier, making the laws available to the public reduced the chances of corruption. »
• « His followers regarded Mithridates as a great liberator from Roman corruption (a Roman governor was made to swallow molten gold to symbolise the just punishment of Roman greed). »
• « Gaius Gracchus attacked corruption in the provinces, allying himself with the équita class and allowing équites to serve on juries that tried corruption cases. He also tried to speed up the redistribution of land. »
• « An introspective man who detested greed and corruption, Muhammad was in the habit of retiring to the hills near Mecca, where there was a cave in which he camped and meditated. »
• « The Abbasids also created a tradition of just government, in contrast to the memory of Umayyad corruption. »
• « Also, despite problems of corruption and ignorance among the clergy, scholarship continued and even flourished within the church during the late Middle Ages. »
• « Some of his other works include In Praise of Folly, a satirical attack on corruption within the church, and Handbook of the Christian Gentleman, which stressed the importance of the sacraments. »
• « It is important to note that Ismail and his followers were Shi'ite Muslims, the branch of Islam that had long had a strong presence in Persia, and Ismail could claim to represent the true interpretation of Islam against the corruption of the (Sunni) rulers in the neighbouring lands. »