Sentence examples for overt taking from inspiring English sources

As the U.N. ricocheted from one killing field to another during this period, its effectiveness was hobbled not only by the difficulty of mustering troops and matériel but by the Security Council's antipathy toward crossing "the Mogadishu line" from strictly neutral peacekeeping to overt taking of sides.

"Incontrovertible" and "overt" took off during his discussion of race on Marc Maron's podcast last summer.

Two young men, the Irish manservant Tom Hammond and the Norwegian-American sculptor Hendrik Andersen, catch Henry's eye and occupy his daydreams, but nothing overt takes place, beyond some freighted gazing and hugging.

A mature social attribution ability allows the oldest children to evaluate scenarios not just on the overt actions taking place, but also on the social interactions driven by the mental states of the characters involved.

But with four or less, pricing will be affected even if no overt collusion takes place.

This is the first overt step taken in the agitation among the Chinese to demonstrate to Portugal that any effort to retain land and waterways, alleged by the Chinese to have been wrongly occupied, will be strongly resented.

This is about overt actions taken to support activities that self-evidently run counter to our core values.

Altogether, these results suggest that the loss of overt rhythm takes place in a large majority of pituitary cells.

Hence, the most fascinating areas of fibroblast biology and research (as outlined below) are not only the responsiveness of RASFs to distinct extracellular stimuli but also the initial events that result in significant phenotype change, most likely occurring before overt inflammation takes place.

Davis explained to Haggis that the church avoids taking overt political stands.

And I'm relieved to say that although tempting at times, I didn't seem capable of overt self-harm – taking the struggle with self to extreme.