Sentence examples for arguing a position from inspiring English sources

"The beasts would tear us apart," the priest lectures, arguing a position of strength, and our protagonists neither agree nor disagree.

And we told each of them to argue a position.

He said employers were forced to argue a position had been axed or a person was so poor at their job that they had to be sacked.

"I don't want to argue a position on the complex questions that lie ahead — I just want people to think them through," he said.

But a number of experts say there is a middle ground for showing off the quality of your ideas: write a white paper, a document that offers a specific solution to a problem or argues a position.

The court appointed Vicki C. Jackson, a law professor at Harvard, to argue a position not fully supported by any party: that the case's odd procedural posture meant the court lacks jurisdiction.

Bonnie Kristian, a fellow at Defense Priorities, a thinktank set up by Rand Paul and the Koch Brothers to argue a position incorporating "greater reluctance to assert military force or even impose sanctions" on traditional US enemies like Iran and North Korea.

Instrumental research measures impact, symbolic research argues a position, and conceptual research evaluates whether the right questions are being formulated.

(b) There is no need to raise one's voice when arguing a political position.

But here it is crucial to keep in mind a principle that should be observed in any rational debate: in arguing against a position, one must not presuppose claims that the position explicitly denies.

Santorum was arguing, in a position opposed to Ron Paul's, that cutting aid to Africa would backfire because the continent was a potential breeding ground for Islamist militants.