Sentence examples for contended speaking from inspiring English sources

For instance, she often contended, speaking professionally as a biologist, that Serbs were genetically superior to Muslims; one day, she even claimed that Bosnia's Serbs were genetically superior to their metropolitan Serb counterparts, since for generations they had been required to survive amid their predators.

"We're having things happen like Sept. 11 because we're taking too much of a chunk out of the planet," Mr. Reynolds contends, speaking more in the spirit of human sadness than in the old antiwar passion that brought him here.

In the first half of the 1860s, Austria and Prussia both contended to speak for the German states; both maintained they could support German interests abroad and protect German interests at home.

Industry spokesmen contend that, strictly speaking, the price of wind-driven energy is close to being competitive with other sources.

In 2004, O'Reilly settled a lawsuit filed by former Fox News producer Andrea Mackris, which contended that he spoke to her about sexual fantasies and masturbation.  .

Broadly speaking, usually contending religious groups -- the basic political division here -- have been brought into an unusual alliance against the government.

He contended that he rarely spoke to stars like Frank Robinson, and his long-running relationships with other players — notably Palmer and catcher Rick Dempsey — were testy, though many admired his competitive zeal and his winning record.

These principles are fundamental but often an individual trustee asserts his/her personal agenda by contending that stewardship requires "speaking out for one's constituency or representing the stakeholder's 'trust.'" Such personal agendas must either win the support of the majority of trustees or be set aside.

But a fascinating show at the Yale Center for British Art contends that painters speak their own languages, too, and that a good translation can stand on its own even as it enlarges our perception of the original.

In another contrast with the corporate life, where he contends that people speak up to promote their own careers, he said that too many of his advisers in government, who owe their jobs to him, won't contradict him.

With consumer spending starting to ease, growth in furniture sales is expected to slow to 2percentto3percentcenthis yearar, but analysts contend the bankruptcies speak more to heightened competition than to overall weakness in the industry.