Sentence examples for attempted to assert from inspiring English sources

In contrast to the Bush position, the Clinton administration never attempted to assert executive privilege over the logs even though such an assertion would have served Mr. Clinton well since the logs showed when Monica Lewinsky visited the White House, a useful bit of information when Republicans were impeaching President Clinton.

Some even attempted to assert their own interpretation of the archaeological findings.

Many rival moralities and political systems – most of them, to date, illiberal – have attempted to assert a basis in science.

In a number of instances, companies have attempted to assert these by-laws to block the unsupported nomination of directors by a hedge fund.

The state's Democratic nation al committeeman, John F. Eng lish, has not attempted to assert any authority and concedes that he could not even If he tried.

Various regional and factional groups have attempted to assert control and even the recognised government has been forced to flee Tripoli and setup shop in the eastern town of Tobruk, more than 600 miles from the capital.

No one is attempting to assert vicariously the rights of others.

This week, at Flushing Meadows, where he was once booed, Novak Djokovic will attempt to assert his sovereignty.

I decided that in the future I would attempt to assert myself only in nonthreatening situations.

Song that attempts to assert Blunt's love of music by making slightly clanging references to classic rock: check.

All this, in an environment in which "finger-pointing", and attempts to assert individual accountability for corporate harm/wrongdoing, are increasingly the order of the day.