Sentence examples for refrained from asserting from inspiring English sources

That is not to say that China has refrained from asserting its sovereignty claims.

And his Justice Department has refrained from asserting unilateral presidential power in the conduct of the wars Obama has inherited: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the drone attacks in Pakistan and Yemen.

Yet it appears that for some, the call to listen before speaking, to refrain from asserting immediate authority, is so unfamiliar that it feels outrageous.

It is not unreasonable to assume that one who may wish to challenge the executive's jurisdiction in the courts will not refrain from asserting in the proceedings before the executive the facts on which he relies.

This more liberal approach allows for lies of omission misleading by refraining from asserting something and also allows that misleading nonverbal behaviours can count as lies provided that they are deliberately undertaken with the intent to deceive.

Reporters should "refrain from asserting that the planet has warmed (or cooled) in any given period without IMMEDIATELY pointing out that such theories are based upon data that critics have called into question," the memo read.

If Israel had "refrained from colonizing the West Bank," he asserts, there would have been "a comprehensive and lasting peace".

Typically, Wasserstein refrained from commenting.

He refrained from visiting Yasukuni.

Israel refrained from direct retaliation.

That child refrained from lashing out.