Sentence examples for attempting to assert from inspiring English sources

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

A White & Case publication shows the concern that the America Invents Act might be too defendant-friendly and thus will disadvantage small companies attempting to assert their patents.

In November 1945 a fierce battle was fought in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and British troops who were attempting to assert Allied control, which was interpreted by the nationalists to mean a prelude to the return of the Dutch.

"TiVo is attempting to assert its patents against technology disclosed and claimed in Motorola Mobility's patents, despite the fact that Motorola Mobility's patents were filed more than three years before TiVo's patents," Motorola said in a statement.

There, as in Iraq, jihadists are wreaking havoc, attempting to assert themselves in a revolution that aimed to reorient a nation state, but is now increasingly dragging the region into chaos.

These victims, many of whom are killed after attempting to leave a violent relationship, are a reminder of how for some women simply attempting to assert some control over their own lives can put them in life-threatening danger.

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

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.

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