Sentence examples for an attempt to assert from inspiring English sources
Comments about physical appearance are an attempt to assert power over somebody.
In the north, tensions with the Kurds escalated after Mr. Maliki sent soldiers to the region in what was seen as an attempt to assert control.
The proposal got a chilly response from city officials and Mr. Daniels, who viewed it as an attempt to assert control, according to one person who attended the meeting.
In protest, a fleet of Taiwanese fishing vessels attempted to enter waters near the islands in an attempt to assert Taiwan's claim, but they were driven away by Japanese coast-guard vessels.
Any time one claims that a certain speech attempt is not an attempt to assert the truth, but rather an attempt to undermine trust in another party, one is undermining trust.
In an attempt to assert authority, the government took some ill-advised steps that only inflamed the already tense atmosphere, and on Jan . 29 , 1877a group of Saigō's disciples attacked the Kagoshima arsenal and navy yard.
Most feel a primary loyalty to their gender identity and find that any attempt to assert their rights meets with the disapproval of religious leaders.
March 1, 1910 Thailand November 21 , 1960Geneva, Switzerland Phao Sriyanond, (born March 1 , 1910 Siam [now Thailand] died Nov. 21, 1960, Geneva, Switz)., director general of the Thai government's national police, who as one of a powerful triumvirate, with Luang Phibunsongkhram and Sarit Thanarat, built a formidable armed force in an unsuccessful attempt to assert his individual authority.
But the closing would also be a victory for Russian leaders, who saw the base as an American attempt to assert control in the region.
Ben's bed is an enormous attempt to assert himself which doesn't really succeed.
Lisa Lynch, an assistant professor of journalism at Concordia University in Montreal who has written academic papers on WikiLeaks, called the "Collateral Murder" video "an audacious attempt to assert themselves into the conversation".
