Sentence examples for offensive for a from inspiring English sources

Mr. Cheney, in particular, has been on the offensive for a month, questioning the Democrats' policies and Mr. Gore's character.

"We should launch an all-out, vigorous offensive for a breakthrough to realize the wish of the President to build a prosperous country," said the commentary on Saturday.

They picked up at year's end as he went on the offensive for a job creation plan, and economic data improved.

"We should launch an all-out, vigorous offensive for a breakthrough to realize the wish of the President to build a prosperous country," said the commentary.

Talking on ITV show The Agenda, Farage was asked if he thought it was offensive for a white man to black up his face.

Elsewhere in Syria on Tuesday, pro-government fighters started entering the northern Kurdish enclave of Afrin, where Turkish troops have been on the offensive for a month.

But the 21-day "prayer offensive" for an almighty purging of court "liberals" (sic) is winding down with the court intact and on a well-earned vacation.

As I had argued back in October, the lack of a Plan B had doomed the offensive for an eventual failure.

This is wholly imaginary and deeply offensive – for concealing a spy would have been an extremely serious matter.

The rest of the Persian fleet was scattered, and as a result Xerxes had to postpone his planned land offensives for a year, a delay that gave the Greek city-states time to unite against him.

Fierce battles were fought; the most notable, won by the Paraguayans at Curupayty in September 1866, inhibited any allied offensive for nearly a year.