Sentence examples for asserting their power from inspiring English sources

With powerful leading women like Sansa, Yara, and Dany firmly asserting their power in season six's penultimate episode, and a group of secondary women pushing forward, too, the women of Game of Thrones are taking the reins and learning to reign.

Just as cyberbullies use electronic devices to hurt others, food allergy bullies "are asserting their power using the allergen," Dr. Shetgiri said.

In another sign that Iraqis were asserting their power, the Governing Council issued new guidelines on Sunday for removing former members of the Baath Party from government jobs.

Beginning in the 1940s, the story goes, a rising tide of evangelicals began asserting their power and identity, ultimately routing their more liberal mainline Protestant counterparts in the pews, on the offering plate and at the ballot box.

Anarchist attacks were a violent reaction to the rise of the nation-state; Islamist attacks within the West are to a significant degree a violent kick-back against Western states asserting their power abroad.

"Here in Qatar, this feels like the moment when the build-up towards 2022 can really begin and many will welcome Fifa asserting their power over the top clubs in the interests of a first World Cup in the Middle East.

In England, both houses of Parliament have asserted their power to punish contumacious acts.

Yet, as this exhibit shows, women have also used underwear to assert their power and status.

A cadre of the don's underlings, including his son, stepped into the vacuum and asserted their power.

In both the maritime and engineering industries, employers had asserted their power by combining in national federations.

What were they trying to say? Was it a new body language trick to assert their power?