Sentence examples for failed to assert from inspiring English sources

"Organized psychiatry has failed to assert itself," he said.

They complain the White House has not consulted enough and failed to assert leadership.

But Japan failed to assert itself in the face of U.S. opposition.

Their mood did not improve when the action got under way as Rangers failed to assert themselves.

Though his government has United Nations backing, it has so far failed to assert itself outside of Baidoa.

Those who failed to assert themselves as individuals, like Mamie Eisenhower and Pat Nixon, were derided as female furniture.

Individual moments — this line break, that bit of syntax — fascinate even when individual poems fail to assert themselves as memorable.

They fail to assert that Islam is by now a Swiss and a European religion and that Muslim citizens are largely "integrated".

When, on the other hand, our top jurist fails to assert the supremacy of law, he seems not to have the slightest sense that he is, in his own way, violating far more fundamental legal principles.

Individually, it has a nice tang, but the tomato sauce is spread so thinly it fails to assert itself, and the base (a creditably crisp exterior and soft within) lacks any vibrant flavour.

There is still a real danger that opponents will choose to "stay and fight", and that Rowan Williams and the leadership of the Church of England will fail to assert their authority.