Sentence examples for a final assertion of autonomy from inspiring English sources

Telling the story of her life that way was, of course, a final assertion of autonomy.

Even this old sensualist, in a final assertion of sanity for which one is grateful, knows that a hothouse is no place for a growing American boy.

In a desperate final assertion of her independence Hagar flees to a crumbling house she had visited in her youth.

What such figures have in common with one like Major Barbara -- for whom sex is less explicitly an issue -- is their assertion of autonomy in a male-centered culture, Ms. Doody suggested.

And former US President Jimmy Carter released a statement saying Mr Chavez would "be remembered for his bold assertion of autonomy and independence for Latin American governments".

Like anyone who has been through a personal cataclysm, Dan and I cling to shreds of normalcy in our relations, aware always that his fierce assertion of autonomy and my concern over his lifestyle are land mines.

But you don't want to mistake some band's assertion of autonomy (commercially enabled, but let's leave that aside) for your own.

It recognises continued Yugoslav sovereignty over the Serbian province, while instructing UNMIK to establish the institutions "pending a final settlement" of "substantial autonomy and self-government".

A supplication to Scandinavian royals might not seem to indicate a fierce assertion of island autonomy.

The weakening of the central power structure in Moscow allowed an assertion of increasing autonomy in the constituent republics of the U.S.S.R.

Political analysts said that one reason for today's action was an assertion of regional autonomy, and they suggested that public pressure from the United States might have backfired with such independent-minded leaders as Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia, Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore and President Suharto of Indonesia.