Sentence examples for imposing himself as from inspiring English sources

"He had a hard time imposing himself as poet".

He has also succeeded in imposing himself as the sole plausible candidate of the left, in itself a feat never achieved by that arch-schemer, François Mitterrand.

Equally, on Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1977), Brando added to the hideous burdens of that production by imposing himself as a terribly overweight and under-prepared actor, determined to philosophise about the part and the picture, ready to embark on profuse improvisations and diversions.

Mr Kony apparently wishes to impose himself as god-king of Uganda.

For all his dynamism, Mr Sarkozy has imposed himself as a globe-trotting dealmaker partly because of the absence of American leadership.

Tells about the seizure of the Great Mosque in Mecca on Nov. 20 by a young prophet attempting to impose himself as the "expected Mahdi", the inspired leader with a mission.

Mathieu Sapin, one of Sattouf's studio mates, told me, "In a very short time, Riad imposed himself as a figure with a set of themes all his own — youth, education, sexual frustration, the things we see in Daniel Clowes, but in a French style".

From the time he imposed himself as co-ruler of Constantinople with the young emperor John V Palaeologus, John VI Cantacuzenus had posed a serious threat to Dušan, especially after he acquired Turkish auxiliary forces, which had twice defeated the Serbs in 1344 and in 1352.

Zambede said that the Portuguese coach "had failed to impose himself as leader of the group" at the tournament.

Moyes is unlikely to tolerate further breaches of his disciplinary code as he imposes himself at Old Trafford.

Real improved after the break, with Bale in particular imposing himself on the game as he twice threatened, first forcing a good save from Weidenfeller before curling a low effort just wide of the far post after breaking into the box.