Sentence examples for aggressive cities from inspiring English sources

They dominated long-distance commerce in the western Mediterranean until the rise of the more militarily aggressive cities in the north Genoa and Pisa in the 11th century.

Early this year Selig called Washington the prime city for relocation, and Washington, along with Portland, Ore., have been the most aggressive cities interested in landing a major league team.

Los Angeles was one of the most aggressive cities.

Santa Cruz, whose creeks and local water sources are drying up, is often cited as one of the state's most aggressive cities when it comes to fining water violators.

This dauntingly aggressive city-state made itself the capital of Europe's biggest empire, and then became the seat of western Christendom.

That magical moment when children retreat from the unpredictable, aggressive city to wash off the dirt of the day and settle into their soothing evening routine of bath time and bedtime stories.

While his father was still running the paper, Amos started three aggressive city papers, Kol Ha'ir and Hadashot, in Jerusalem, and Ha'ir, in Tel Aviv; all were non-union shops.

An energetic, aggressive city state until the Papal States gobbled it up in 1597, it was run for centuries by the d'Este clan, who started out as barely concealed thugs but morphed into sophisticated Renaissance patrons, with an eye for town planning and an ear for fabulous music.

But legal experts say there is no easy equivalent to the Martin Act waiting for an aggressive city comptroller to revive.

It featured the downfall of Rep. Michael Grimm for felony tax fraud, a candidate at the center of the Eric Garner case in district attorney Daniel Donovan, and a diminutive yet aggressive city councilman in Vincent Gentile.

NY's a passive-aggressive city and its pace is way too fast -- not to mention New Yorkers are filled with entitlement.