Sentence examples for assertion of humanity from inspiring English sources

Ms. Howe's assertion of humanity vibrant and triumphant (not America triumphant, by the way; there was not a speck of jingoism in her play) had the effect of an injection of life and enthusiasm, and we were all sent out the door and into the future beyond the anniversary energized as though swatted encouragingly on the behind by a knowing, loving counselor.

The dance swirled on, unchanged by these insistent, teasing assertions of humanity.

This is Solomon's own declaration of independence, and an assertion of his humanity that sustains him.

What if this moment is also a return to first principles: the necessary assertion of the humanity of black life by the democratic crowd beyond the legal fictions of equality?

Former slaves wrote autobiographies as an assertion of their humanity and a means of galvanizing the abolitionist cause.

Here, writing becomes a righting of the wrongs of history from voices hitherto silenced – unforgettable voices filled with a defiant assertion of life and humanity that pulses through the pages.

Practical philosophies are claimed in the name of nudism – as a proof against alienation, as an assertion of our common humanity, as a rejection of status-giving corporate brands and logos, as a route to inclusion and tolerance and social justice.

This isn't blind optimism or a panglossian assumption that everything is good and getting better, but rather an assertion that the future of humanity is ours to shape.

For all its analogies to Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam, or wherever, the underlying thrust of "Centurion" is its celebration of bloodlust, its assertion that the primal instinct of humanity, or least the male half of the species, is to make war.

Mr. Moretti doesn't turn that dream into his own dogma, and in truth there's something so unforced about "We Have a Pope" that its assertion of papal humility and humanity rather than infallibility might be easy to miss.

Do students agree with the authors' assertion that "We can accept the reality of humanity's reshaping of the environment without giving up in despair"?