Sentence examples for asserted some from inspiring English sources

We have asserted some kind of responsibility.

China long asserted some form of sovereignty over the Tibetan plateau but its actual control varied through the centuries.

Constituencies of many stripes, and in many funny hats, have asserted some claim or another to speak for it, or to have it speak for them.

The honor does not necessarily go to a new word but to one that that has asserted "some kind of prominence," according to a statement on the Oxford Dictionaries blog.

Although he has many fewer powers than an American big-city mayor the central government and the capital's 32 boroughs collectively have more sway Mr Johnson has asserted some new ones.

Content is king, as was asserted some years ago in a different context.

"You can't just randomly assert some technology.

"He wants to assert some leadership," one of these people said.

But in politics it coasts dangerously close to the rocks of nationalism, asserting some national superiority.

To go out there, fight back and assert some authority was hugely important.

And that, he says, is a way for DL men to assert some power.