Sentence examples for flexed its muscles from inspiring English sources

It flexed its muscles with a small rally of about 1,000 Renault workers on the day the new strategy was announced.

China's hawkish military undid years of careful diplomacy in the last two years as it flexed its muscles in the South China Sea, harassing American naval vessels and alarming neighboring countries.

Six decades later, the University of Missouri Tigers football team flexed its muscles when it decided to boycott future games and practices until MU system President Tim Wolfe stepped down or was removed from office over allegations that he failed to address continuing charges of racism and discrimination in the four-school system.

What is certain is that the Big East — with seemingly round-the-clock coverage on ESPN and 11 teams apparently headed to the N.C.A.A. tournament — has again flexed its muscles and shown it has the best conference tournament.

The Labor Department has flexed its muscles in Florida, where it has sued an Orlando home care agency for classifying its workers as "independent contractors" and not paying them federal and state employee benefits.

Pittsburgh had never before played host to a game featuring a pair of top-five teams, although its crosstown, Duquesne, held a lofty position a half-century ago and Pitt had previously flexed its muscles in the 1980's, when it had the former Knick Charles Smith, and in the 1970's, when it had Billy Knight.

It was a year when Toyota flexed its muscle.

Certainly, the situation was dire 13 years ago when a newly energised GM board flexed its muscle.

The largest supplier of food and oil to North Korea, China flexed its muscle earlier this year by briefly cutting off the oil.

That job proved far tougher when the horse crowd flexed its muscle.

The paid sick days coalition flexed its muscle by stating the facts, and standing firm.