Sentence examples for power sought from inspiring English sources
The National Front government that briefly held power sought to improve public education and establish an accessible health care system.
In the early 20th century, Germany as a rising power sought to challenge the United Kingdom's traditional naval dominance.
Ed Miliband, leader of the opposition Labour Party, which saw Mrs. Thatcher as a contemptible figure during her years in power, sought to find a middle ground.
In virtually every midterm election over the last few decades, the party out of power sought to portray the president as the villain.
Faced with huge crowds that had fought and won against Mr Mubarak's police, the army leaders who had eased the president from power sought an ally to control the street.
As the historian Charlotte Gray and others have written, Harper and Canadian military leaders have, since the Conservatives came to power, sought to remind the country of its historical roots in conflict.
They shine light where those in power seek the same darkness that cloaks Tehran.
Iran, an oil power seeking to become a nuclear power, has instead become a natural gas power.
His characters are confused without admitting it, and they're infantile around love, abjectly grateful for its power, seeking or offering it impulsively.
It made sense: Europe's rising industrial and military power seeking common cause with an American counterpart that seemed destined for the same.
The regime isn't sure whether it is an ideological movement championing global jihad or whether it is merely regional power seeking Middle East hegemony.
