Sentence examples for preeminence among from inspiring English sources

The school was unable to retain its preeminence among other schools and was superseded by the school of Seleucia-Ctesiphon.

His 17 years as headmaster brought Trinity to a position of preeminence among independent schools in New York and throughout the nation.

Jealous of Robespierre's preeminence among the Montagnards (as the Jacobins of the Convention were called), Pétion joined the Girondins, and on June 2, 1793, he and 28 other Girondin leaders were expelled from the Convention in a Montagnard coup d'état.

The Druze religion was named for ad-Darazī because his preaching established his preeminence among the founders in the public's mind, even though Ḥamzah had been the first to organize the movement.

But his preeminence among non-Italian composers of opera was established by two one-act operas, both shocking in their time: Salome (1905; libretto taken from Oscar Wilde's drama, translated into German by Hedwig Lachmann) and Elektra (1909).

One of his objectives was was to regain the preeminence among Arab states which Sadat lost after Camp David, but he has not wavered in his refusal to repudiate Egyptian-Israeli peace as the price of Egypt's return to the Arab fold.

US military dominance and economic, cultural, and technological preeminence have sparked resentment among potential rivals who do not share US values and are concerned that the United States will use its global leverage in ways inimical to their interests.

Michael O'Hanlon is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of "Healing the Wounded Giant: Maintaining Military Preeminence While Cutting the Defense Budget," among other books.

Our question relates to a different type of race: that among nation-states for preeminence and world leadership.

The City's preeminence as a financial center caused no little resentment among rival European centers outside Britain, and they and their governments are not likely to afford a non-EU Britain any of its former privileges.

Nurturing careers in science and engineering among U.S.-born professionals would "ensure the continued preeminence of this country in the future," she added.