Sentence examples for serious offensive from inspiring English sources

The attacks, the largest in recent months, belied Russian claims that two years of war had left the Islamic-led separatists incapable of mounting a serious offensive.

Having assumed command in Egypt (see above The Egyptian frontiers, 1915 July 1917), Allenby transferred his headquarters from Cairo to the Palestinian front and devoted the summer of 1917 to preparing a serious offensive against the Turks.

Strangely, until yesterday the US was using its airpower everywhere in Syria except Kobane where Isis has launched its most serious offensive since US air attacks on Syria began.

At least a fortnight's pause was inevitable before the Allies could mount a serious offensive against the new German defensive line, and a period of misty weather blanketed the area, providing a screen for any embarkation and transportation activities.

He's still rehabbing from an ACL injury – who isn't in the NBA these days – but the guy can be a serious offensive weapon off the bench/Six Man of the Year candidate.

"There's no doubt in my mind that Mugabe is preparing his party, leading his party into a quite serious offensive against the opposition and civil society which is designed to bring about total victory in 2005," he said by telephone from Harare, the capital.

Mr Milosevic presumably knows that his armed forces would be little match for a serious NATO offensive, and his best hope of avoiding one is to divide the alliance through tactical concessions.

Syria's army, the only institution upon which the regime – indeed, the entire state apparatus – depends is being re-armed and trained for a serious military offensive against Isis, one which is meant to have enormous symbolic value both in the Middle East and in the world.

The battle was the last serious ground offensive conducted by Japanese forces on Guadalcanal.

Romney and Ryan need to shift away from policy talk and engage in a serious charm offensive if they want to take the White House in 2012.

"Many people whose opinions I deeply respect have perceived the cartoon from the EU information center as far more serious and offensive than it was intended," the speaker of the Folketing (the national parliament of Denmark), Mogens Lykketoft, told Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet about the $50,000 animation.