Its modern critics portray its origins and function in negative terms.

But he sought to portray the comments in positive terms, saying the United States would not reject such a meeting outright.

None of the women in this novel are portrayed in remotely credible terms.

Correspondingly, the press "portrayed Iran's position in relatively evenhanded terms."

But he is not portraying the coming deliberations in such ideological terms.

For industrial societies, the position has often been portrayed in very different terms.

Supporters of the amendment like to portray the school prayer issue in lofty moral and religious terms.

Yet she cannot find an entirely satisfactory alternative, for the life of the spinster is often portrayed in stark terms.

But they also portrayed welfare recipients in almost uniformly negative terms.

The position of women in traditional Chinese society is often portrayed in negative terms by Western observers.