Sentence examples for decisively engaged from inspiring English sources

In 1947 in Mumbai, Syed Haider Raza and Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002) helped start the Progressive Artists Groupp, which decisively engaged with European modernism of the day.

Although the Viet Cong managed to avoid becoming decisively engaged, around 90 were killed and five captured, as the Australians maintained their blocking positions.

Regardless, this restriction had only served to make B Company's task all the more difficult, with Mackay facing demands to complete the action while at the same time not become decisively engaged and unable to withdraw his company.

The failure of the Axis forces to decisively engage the Partisans during these operations necessitated a further major offensive, Operation Trio, in the area immediately south of where Operations Southeast Croatia and Ozren had taken place.

Not all of the reactions were positive: several of Duncan's captains were criticised for their failure to rapidly and decisively engage the enemy, including Captain Wells of Lancaster.

Marlborough – with renewed self-assurance – moved decisively to engage them.

Certain performers sing all their notes in high C. It's never wholly clear what makes the difference between a Frank Sinatra and Joan Sutherland and any number of completely capable and fully engaged but decisively not comparable other performers of the same music.

In "'The Collective Circle': Latino Immigrant Musicians and Politics in Charlotte, North Carolina" author Samuel Byrd finds that as a result of these barriers, some Latino immigrants decisively abstain from engaging in traditional forms of American civic participation.

"We have engaged the perpetrators decisively and remain in full pursuit of them".

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) responded to criticism of his support for the Libyan misadventure that everything would have been fine had the U.S. "engaged fully and decisively". Most of official Washington simply takes the Susan Power position: "What, me worry?" There may have been a mistake or two, but one certainly wouldn't want to "overdraw" a lesson from these multiple and constant failures.

WASHINGTON -- Politically engaged Republican activists have decisively soured on Rick Perry and warmed to Mitt Romney over the last few weeks, according to the latest HuffPost-Patch Power Outsiders survey in the early primary and caucus states.