Sentence examples for display of aggression from inspiring English sources

It was a stunning display of aggression and incompetence.

The seal retreated, shimmying back several feet even as it opened its bubblegum-pink mouth in a display of aggression.

Such an open display of aggression and hostility runs counter to the euphemistic and allegedly peaceful instinct of our national culture.

Mr Avakov labelled the actions a "display of aggression by Russia".

The Italian premier's supporters said Berlusconi had a right to defend himself, while his critics called the comments a display of aggression by an increasingly desperate man.

In some areas of the nation, individuals delight in walking into restaurants with their guns, as a display of aggression and manliness.

Yanomami men soon realized that the white man would reward their own displays of aggression with machetes and other highly prized tools.

That decision makes Boyd a more complex and less accessible antihero, and Scott Speedman plays him with a vulnerability that softens even his brief displays of aggression.

Timothy Daly, the president of the New Teacher Project, a group focused on teacher effectiveness and aligned with the reform movement, said that public displays of aggression toward Dr. King were political tactics that should be cause for concern.

They allowed themselves to be intimidated by Fascist rhetoric; justifiably horrified by the First World War, they wanted to give pacifism a chance, and so refrained from the flag-waving displays of aggression that might have revealed their true strength, while hoping, despite his proclamations to the contrary, that Hitler might be satisfied with smaller, regional conquests.

The action-movie elements of the plot are not worth going into — Nicole is after a big story that rubs one set of baddies the wrong way, while Milo's gambling debts summon a different set of heavies — but they provide both a degree of momentum and an excuse for glowering displays of aggression.