Sentence examples for increase stature from inspiring English sources

They fought in quincunx formation, usually carrying scuta, large rectangular shields, and bronze helmets, often with a number of feathers fixed onto the top to increase stature.

They fought as hoplites, usually carrying clipei, large round Greek shields, and bronze helmets, often with a number of feathers fixed onto the top to increase stature.

He had become his own man, which gave him increased stature in both branches of government.

Hall has a buoyancy that is at odds with her increasing stature as provocateur.

Allen records and performs sparingly today, because his art has gained increasing stature in the US over recent decades.

Mr. Collier pointed to test results from AMC's most recent pilots as evidence of the channel's increased stature.

The increasing political autonomy of the American colonies was a natural reflection of their increased stature in the overall scheme of the British Empire.

And, more aware than ever of the passing of time and of the increasing stature the Beat movement had earned, he wanted to preserve that past, and to extend it through photography.

In a sign of his increasing stature and the bigger crowds he was beginning to attract in Florida, the US secret service gave him a security detail, the first of the four candidates left in the race to be given protection.

Instead, they tend to deny Japan's wartime atrocities, demand an increased stature for the emperor, insist that American military bases leave and call for Japan's self-defence forces to become a normal military force.The participants issued a communique that vaunted all nations and their respective cultures and traditions.

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