It was not in the business of making sustained ideological arguments or issuing eccentric polemics.

His show was a sustained, engaging argument for opening that door all the way.

For two years, the electorate paid close attention to a sustained argument about their future.

"Self-Inflicted Wounds" doesn't advance a sustained argument about what has gone wrong over the last 30 years.

He never really pauses to make a sustained argument on behalf of his thesis, nor is there a story per se.

Without a sustained argument or overall interpretation ("proud" is more a literary figure than a term of analysis), the author leaves explanations hanging.

Taken together, his written work constitutes a sustained argument for humane and sensible design.

She addressed several policies, but in concise sound bites rather than sustained arguments.

The conversations here yield many thought-provoking comments, but the overall result is a collection of insights rather than a sustained argument.

"Walden" is an unusual work, more a digression-filled letter from a friend than a sustained philosophical argument.