We have witnessed dissenters bring international opprobrium upon powerful nations too, and gradually force them to relax their denial of freedom to protest.

Finally, Mr. Bush needs to display moral clarity about nuclear weapons, making them a focus of international opprobrium.

His bloodlust, in the face of international opprobrium, provoked fear and distaste among the waverers.

He appears indifferent to the suffering of his own people, and unfazed by international opprobrium.

At the same time, he defended close relations with Uzbekistan and Belarus, two countries that have faced international opprobrium.

The bill, submitted in November 2009, called for the death penalty in some cases, and received international opprobrium.

Anyone who jumped the gun by attempting to extract minerals or oil would be subjected to the full weight of international opprobrium.

He earned international opprobrium, but his standing in local public opinion polls skyrocketed.

In 10 days of upheaval, Guatemalans turned three times to the military that ran the country through decades of political murder and international opprobrium.

It appears to be insensitive to international opprobrium and to the appearance of illegitimacy.