Sentence examples for active and asserting from inspiring English sources

"I look at media and it tells me that I am a male, and as a male, I am only supposed to want to acquire things, gain power, have strength that has to do with being active and asserting some sense of will," he continues.

He publicly opposed the collection of legislation intended to punish the Thirteen Colonies known as Intolerable Acts, and in 1774 assured his constituents that he would resist active duty against the Americans and asserted that the entire British army could not conquer America.

But more than describing the legal case itself, what this editorial does is to call on the medical community to become more active in asserting their responsibility to counsel and intervene when the issue of gun ownership arises during a medical exam.

Matilda had not been particularly active in asserting her claims to the throne since 1135 and in many ways it was Robert who took the initiative in declaring war in 1138.

(@CoolJ90: "@NRA care to come to the defense of a man murdered by police who had a license to carry his weapon?") For critics of the N.R.A., it was an awkward exposure of what is usually left unsaid: the organization is far less active in asserting the Second Amendment rights of black Americans than of white ones.

They will soon enter young adulthood and assert their own tastes and opinions, even more than they have as active participants in the mass-marketed teenage pop world.

Residents created agendas with patients and asserted appropriate appointment lengths.

Listen and assert yourself during the interview.

For a few years the supporters of Novatian had been active in Africa, asserting against Cyprian that no forgiveness for lapsed Christians was possible.

How brokers can jump to the front of the line is described in supplemental documents filed in Ticketmaster v. RMG Technologies, an active Federal District Court case asserting that the defendant's automated ticket-buying software violated the Ticketmaster Web site's terms of use.

Whats more, young people are seen as playing an active role in asserting their rights.