Sentence examples for aggressive in response to from inspiring English sources

Highly protective of their food and young, aggressive in response to surprises, and solitary by habit, the big bears are often considered dangerously antisocial.

When given a dose of the drug, both castes of ant became less interested in foraging, as tested in the meal worm experiment, and the soldiers became more aggressive in response to intruders.

The Japanese media, which has a reputation for passivity but has become more aggressive in response to public unhappiness about the nuclear accident, questioned government leaders through the day about what the government knew about the accident and when it knew it.

The Kingdom has responded by bolstering its charm offensive among "thought leaders" in the U.S. and pumping up nationalism at home ― suggests that it might actually become more aggressive in response to international condemnation because it feels isolated and betrayed.

"And even with the new facts that have trickled out slowly over the past decade, despite efforts by the killers' parents and the embarrassed Jefferson County Sheriff's Office to keep them under wraps, the overall picture has not greatly changed (although law enforcement tactics have become more aggressive in response to the first graphic hostage crisis of the cellphone age)," she added.

As irritable mood is characterized by excessive reactivity to negative emotional stimuli, irritable individuals are more likely to be angry or aggressive in response to provocation [ 19].

But she is also pathologically passive-aggressive in response to any sign of conflict — during one relationship, she hides in the shower and stuffs a sponge into her mouth so that she can scream after every phony, awful interaction.

It may prove to be ultimately futile but it's good to see an aggressive attitude in response to England's stranglehold on the Test.

In a statement, a spokesman for the firm, Mark Lake, said: "As previously disclosed, Morgan Stanley has taken aggressive action in response to last fall's mortgage-related write-downs.

Jurors also heard defense lawyers emphasize that the defendants made their most aggressive comments in response to questions or comments by a bureau agents posing as operatives of Al Qaeda and offering $50,000 to help the plot.

"Violent and aggressive actions in response to the will of the people can halt continuing protests up to a point," he said, addressing the government, "but you should learn from the history of the governments that have fled".