Sentence examples for assumes a position from inspiring English sources

With one stroke, the inconspicuous outsider assumes a position of supremacy, on a battlefield of pure good against pure evil.

Lewis's analysis assumes a position that both Islam and the "West" constitute a monolithic social, political, and cultural entity.

The peanut flower is actually produced above ground but assumes a position close to the soil surface as it ages.

Of the finalists, Sam is probably the least likely to win purely because he too readily assumes a position of subservience in group tasks.

The film is based on Thorson's published memoir, and inevitably assumes a position similar to that of the critical hero-worshipping Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby.

The schoolteacher, whose courtship of a milky-fresh young woman named Eva Leonie Beneschh) provides hints of tender comedy, traffics mainly in rumors and surmises while the camera assumes a position of omniscience.

"For me, it's quite clear art cannot assume a position of critical distance any more.

"They said they wouldn't leave and assumed a position to shoot.

Assume a position in which your spine is straight and your body relaxed.

Mr. Packer said he would "assume a position, and dig in".

Morsi will assume a position that was recently weakened by Egypt's ruling generals through a constitutional decree.