Sentence examples for attempts to upset from inspiring English sources

He never attempts to upset the vital balance of illusions in his opulent world (though the opulence may be no more than the play of a few lights on painted backdrops as he openly shows it to be in "La Ronde") and he never ridicules his often trivial characters.

A man adored by his people attempts to upset an opponent who divides opinion in his own country.

Hear her out, but do not fall prey to her attempts to upset you.

Have your responses sorted out in advance; passive aggressive gifts are deliberate attempts to upset, unsettle or cause discomfort in another.

But an attempt to upset this happy (libertarian) state of affairs was made recently by a little-known government agency, the Film and Publication Board.

Hogan is attempting to upset Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown, the Democratic nominee for governor, in a state where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans more than 2 to 1.

He hoped to enlist the diplomatic aid of France and Russia against what he regarded as an attempt to upset the balance of power in central Europe.

With Berlin and the Third World uppermost in his mind, Kennedy proposed that neither superpower attempt to upset the existing balance of power in any region where the other was already involved.

If people are competitors, Mr Cooper argues, it is highly unlikely that the economy will settle into equilibrium, since people will always be attempting to upset the status quo.The logic of competition helps to explain, in his view, why there was so little economic growth before the Industrial Revolution.

Outsiders who attempt to upset the status quo on Ventus include Calandria May, an assassin with suicidal tendencies, and her target, Armiger, the all-but-indestructible agent of a mad A.I., who now seeks a new purpose in life, even if it means reopening painful memories of his earlier life as a human being.

Having started 0-3 for the first time since 1983 and starting a freshman at quarterback for the first time since 1992, Penn State tried a little of everything this afternoon in an attempt to upset No. 15 Michigan and avoid the first 0-4 start in the university's history.