Sentence examples for asserted rather than from inspiring English sources

But throughout, it seems as if Washington's importance is being asserted rather than demonstrated.

And her fears of mental illness seem asserted rather than felt.

Even its stated premise, that the SDNY is the crown jewel of America's lower federal courts, is asserted rather than demonstrated: the author fails to compare its historical importance or quality of jurisprudence with those of any other district, and dedicates half a chapter to lampooning its least distinguished judges.

The lateral load profile is asserted rather than expected.

Samuel Alexander asserted, rather than argued, that mentality strongly emerged from space-time, and then that at some future time there will emerge a new and at present hardly imaginable level which he called 'deity' (Alexander 1927).

He ignored or opposed systematic philosophy, had little faith in rationalism, asserted rather than argued many of his main ideas, presented others in metaphors, was preoccupied with immediate and personal experience, and brooded over such questions as the meaning of life in the face of death.

She still tends to assert rather than probe her most profound themes.

Mr Piketty asserts rather than explains why tempering wealth concentration should be the priority (as opposed to, say, boosting growth).

As Tarek's father, Dr. Mahmoud Loubani asserts, rather than punish them, "If the Egyptian authorities...know about their mission, they should reward them and be proud of them".

The documentary asserted that rather than a politically expedient lie, the struggle revealed a vast conspiracy to suppress the truth.

Now maybe, just maybe, despite the three-ring circus that caused her to publicly invoke "the fifth," she should have simply bitten the bullet and asserted it, rather than simultaneously try spin it under the klieg lights in the House Committee chamber.