Sentence examples for asserted its significance from inspiring English sources

Competing with lithography, photography, and the spectrum of Western technique, the woodblock medium asserted its significance and expressive power through these movements," says Libertson.

Sometimes a film will assert its significance by becoming so popular that it can't be ignored (like the "Harry Potter," "Twilight" and "Dragon Tattoo" franchises), sometimes by pushing topical buttons (like "The Help" or "Margin Call") and sometimes by being so weird as to compel intense arguments for and against ("The Tree of Life," most obviously).

Following the publication of Darwin (1859), for a long time, most scientists tended to de-emphasize the role of allopatric speciation, although some including Gulick (1872), Wagner (1873), and Jordan (1908) did continue to assert its significance, such that climatic and geologic factors were not typically viewed as the primary factors motivating speciation.

The country's press has only recently asserted its independence.

A climate of retreat had asserted its hegemony over hope.

The city has asserted its ability to come together.

Recently, however, France has asserted its independence.

Thick asserted its authority and mine.

Until recently, the department has not asserted its jurisdiction aggressively.

This book analyses the origins of security dilemmas in the South China Sea (SCS) and the significance of China's actions in asserting its claim from the perspective of defensive realist theory.

Congress needs to assert its legislative supremacy.