Sentence examples for more confrontational on from inspiring English sources

And while the presidential race remains, in a marketing sense, one of the more polite in memory, the tone of new advertising in the last week has been noticeably more confrontational, on issues if not personalties, as strategists home in on states they believe are up for grabs -- or at least want the other side to think they consider winnable.

Nor will the chancellor, Angela Merkel, or vice chancellor, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, immediately take a more confrontational approach on issues like climate change.

The undocumented youth movement took on more confrontational tactics when in May 2010, three queer undocumented youth -- Mohammad Abdollahi (Michigan), Yahaira Carrillo (Kansas/Missouri), and Tania Unzueta (Illinois) -- sat down in Senator John McCain's office in Arizona in the first known act of civil disobedience by undocumented immigrants, to demand the federal DREAM Act.

Toward the end of January, this more confrontational stance — choreographed on Facebook groups and by text message — had become an influence on the mainstream protest movement.

"It seemed too precious or something, not at all like the more confrontational stuff going on".

At least for now, the American strategy calls for an emphasis on diplomacy, in part out of concern that a more confrontational message that focused on Iran's nuclear program might prove counterproductive in the political heat of the Iranian election season.

Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, has called repeatedly during his campaign for a more confrontational approach to China on business issues, although he has focused his warnings more on Chinese currency market interventions than on the activities of the nation's telecommunications companies.

The Obama administration faces constant pressure from labor unions to take a more confrontational stance toward China on trade.

continued a trend of the Bush administration's taking a more confrontational approach toward China on trade issues.

But it is pretty clear which president would be the more confrontational (or robust, depending on how you see it) towards Russia and probably China too.

HONG KONG — The political system in Hong Kong is increasingly paralyzed, and street protests are growing more confrontational as public dissatisfaction on economic issues and a lack of democracy is rising.