Sentence examples for a chance to assert from inspiring English sources

This retreat gave the government a chance to assert itself.

I don't see this game as being a chance to assert myself or look at it as an individual battle.

Last weekend's two-game sweep of the Yankees was supposed to be a launching point for the Mets, a chance to assert themselves in the National League East.

And she made a withering speech here in which she pronounced him "missing in action" when he had a chance to assert himself on international matters.

The 47-nation conference on nuclear security he wrapped up on Tuesday represented a chance to assert proactive leadership rather than simply showing that he is not George W. Bush.

It also gives him a chance to assert his own rhythmic and tonal authority: during one section of "The Leaves, The Rain," a quietly pensive ballad, he strummed a tight bramble of double-stop chords, his output brusque and dark.

There are concerns that the current turmoil could offer the Kremlin a perfect chance to assert its claim on Crimea, a territory which many Russians believe is theirs anyway and has only come under Kiev by a bizarre twist of fate.

Long repressed, Egypt's Islamists understandably see the elections as a unique chance to assert their dominance.

After bumping along at around.500 for the next month, the White Sox had a great chance to assert control of the division: six games in 10 days against the Minnesota Twins, a make-or-break, settle-it-here set-to with their chief rival.

Club Kira sometimes gives its customers an extra chance to assert their masculinity.

Tiger Woods was lost, Phil Mickelson injured and the massed ranks of the PGA Tour content with well-remunerated mediocrity, giving the Europeans a gilt-edged chance to assert their superiority.