Sentence examples for exercising it on from inspiring English sources

Instead, it appears, many people sublimated this impulse toward mercy killing by exercising it on their animals instead.

The Missouri Supreme Court reversed the decision, helding that Cruzan's right to refuse treatment was personal to her, and no one could exercise it on her behalf[49].

Commissioner, Mr President, the European Parliament is aware of its responsibility and will exercise it on behalf of the people it represents.

They exercised it on a tremendous scale.

I would say she should have exercised it on this movie, but in a week or two that should take care of itself".

But the simplest, though not the only, reason for it is this: she understood the power of story and how to exercise it on her readers.

The court ruled that Karen had a constitutional right to refuse medical interventions, that she had not lost her right by becoming incompetent, and that her parents could exercise it on her behalf based on what they thought she would want done[47].

But however it's done, setting a direction is emotionally demanding because it always involves the exercise of authority, and that inevitably arouses angst and ambivalence for both the person exercising it and the people on the receiving end.

In fact, the overturning of Roe would transfer the right of choice to politicians, who would exercise it based on the success of various electoral strategies.

Arguably well suited for foresight expert exercises, it is based on a standard GSS platform combined with the design of the Nominal Group Technique NGTT).

The partisans see politics as a struggle for power, and their goal is to acquire it, exercise it and protect it on behalf of policies they believe are fair and just.