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The king's rule was one "of great difficulty" as public opinion had turned against absolute rule.

Terrors are turned against me; They pursue my honor as the wind, And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.

Society turned against him, as lavish now with calumny and spite as it had been with praise and flattery.

Forty years ago they turned against a leftish elite trying to boss them around; now they have had to endure a right-wing version.

They who voluntarily put power into the hand of a tyrant or an enemy must not wonder if it beat last turned against themselves.

A weary populace listened to the war master's ultimatum, and agencies like the Peace Brigade turned against the Jedi order.

In short, if the tide has not turned against General Musharraf, a marriage between the lady and the general looks convenient.

The simple technologies that are the bad neighbour's weapon of choice (big speakers, "bad" music) might be turned against their users.

But the Turks, after cultivating Mr Assad's friendship, seem to have turned against him.

He said before the game that he would never forget the feelings he had when the Arsenal fans turned against him.

Public opinion turned against nuclear power after Three Mile Island. But it was the economics of nuclear power that changed fundamentally.

And public opinion turned against the strikers when a radical made an attempt to assassinate Frick.

Most Democrats with presidential ambitions, with the notable exception of Mrs Clinton, have turned against the war.

As the old ruling circle has turned against him, even threatening him with imprisonment, he has boldly refused to bow out.

He doesn't, of course, want the "gay writer" tag to be turned against him, to be an excuse to marginalise his work.

But the very instruments of its communication and acculturation establish the modes of resistance which are turned against itself.

If our science is misunderstood and misused, and then turned against us, it really will be a case of We've Been Framed.

Now that the demographics have turned against the system, it is literally unsustainable.

Mr McWhorter's utilitarian analysis could be turned against literature departments more readily than against French-language teaching.

After several of his closest military and tribal allies turned against him, his days looked numbered.

In the aftermath of the Great Recession, the economic and political tide has turned against small nations.

Some say that military units in Deraa actually turned against each other. But a large-scale defection is unlikely.

However, former Deputy Prime Minister Kim Beazley does not think that public opinion here has turned against the U. S. alliance.

Once again the public opinion was turned against the war.

But now a second eurozone recession is back and the markets have turned against it. Friday it hit a 16-month low against the dollar.

Roughly three thousand years after the Quintessons came, their seemingly loyal military commander, Scorponok, turned against them.

The new commander, General David Petraeus, was certainly lucky: Sunni militants turned against al-Qaeda, and Shia ones declared a ceasefire.

Pakistan officially turned against its ally before the U. S. -led invasion of Afghanistan.

Unable to watch anymore, Vader turned against his master.

Domestic public opinion had turned against the war.

"No more my splintered heart and maddened hand were turned against the wolfish world" .

"My wrath has turned against you three because you have not spoken of me correctly as my servant Job has. "

In recent years, however, the tide had turned against the multinationals, they are now viewed by many countries with suspicion.

Saudi Arabia, the beefiest member of the six-country Gulf Co-operation Council, long ago turned against him.

And if, as polls suggest, voters have turned against this aspect of Mr Ryan's 2012 budget and its swingeing cuts, this spells trouble.

But the guards outside were huddled by the doors, backs turned against the icy wind and blown snow.

Outcome Slogan on sign carried by Cole briefly adopted by Nixon administration, but is later turned against it by Democrats.

When personal development techniques get turned against themselves, that's when they become counter-productive.

He also thought it would look like revenge for the fact they had turned against us.

On every border of the kingdom, ungrateful subjects have turned against their rulers.

He has turned against his wife. He himself doesn't know why.

For a moment the tide almost turned against him.

The EPA, under pressure from scientists and environmental groups, abruptly turned against using the dispersant Corexit.

After backing it, the Lib Dems turned against it when unease among voters and clinicians grew earlier this year.

The fruit is turned against metal points that score the peel which, gently pressed, releases the essence.

For this reason, many of his former friends turned against him.

His ministers and generals are deserting and the international community has turned against him.

All his former friends turned against him.

The children, on the other hand, were systematically turned against their parents and taught to spy on them and report their deviations.

If the world turned against you, I would be enemy with the world.

But government can also be turned against those whom it is meant to protect in their property.

Turkey has turned against him, while keeping diplomatic avenues open.

The battle for Baida airport is one example of how quickly the tide across Libya has turned against Col. Gadhafi.

There's also pretty clear evidence of the use of heavy weapons including anti-aircraft guns, which were turned against the people.

Now that I had turned against John to protect my self, everybody blamed me.

They that were sometime my counsellors, have abhorred me: and he whom I love most is turned against me.

All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me.

Yet even before Ginko's collapse, public opinion had turned against Second Life.

The once servile peasants turned against the cruel king.

It's because Muslims have largely turned against Osama bin Laden's dark ideology.

Many Syrians have turned against Mr Assad since his speech in parliament.

At first she supported them, and then she turned against them; but by then it was too late to save the dynasty.

Many of his associates turned against him.

In fact, Mendoza soon became so successful that Humphries turned against him.

The Saudi people turned against them after these strikes.

As in Babylon and Egypt the Jews turned against the people among whom they lived.

Also, public opinion turned against nuclear energy after a 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island power plant in Pennsylvania.

A large section of public opinion has turned against nuclear power.

When popular opinion turned against Thaksin in 2006, Samak became a vocal defender of the embattled prime minister.

Those who were once for him have turned against him.

I felt his pain, I know what it's like to walk down the street and feel like the whole world is turned against you. . .

We can deal safely deal with all attempts to engage us, and we shall also ensure that weapons are not turned against you.

turned against his former friends.

But over time former allies, such as the Catholic church and business leaders, have turned against him.

In late 1989 the Communist Party turned against its masters in Moscow and then split.

Public opinion turned against the Wobblies after they preached pacifism when America went to war in 1917.

Instead of supporting him, his life companion had turned against him.

How long before our military is turned against the citizens?

He definitely turned against me and hurt my feelings.

It is good at one thing, and for now the zeitgeist has turned against it.

The apostle Paul urges us to "rejoice in the Lord always. " But how do you rejoice when things have turned against you?

Nowadays, I have a perfidy, which is the heart turned against, the feeling we can't use any word to express.

His invective was turned against himself for he was reminded that everyone knew he himself had been to prison.

I have taught you how to play against rivals. Now you have turned against me.

just as the dragon balls have turned against their masters , eis shenron may find that turnabout is fair play

but when she considered how unjustly she had condemned and upbraided him, her anger was turned against herself;