Sentence examples for sought conflict from inspiring English sources

He also actively sought conflict with Seminole tribes in Florida, eagerly expanded US territory on to indigenous land and, as the seventh president, signed the Indian Removal Act, pushing thousands of Native Americans to move west along what become known as the Trail of Tears.

He was not someone who sought conflict in daily life, yet he was drawn to war.

For a democracy this should ultimately be encouraging: People, including Arabs, with control of their lives tend to be focused on improving those lives rather than seeking conflict.

Lyall Grant said the other UN Security Council nations had "offered flexibility on Russia and China's concerns", yet the countries "argued that a chapter 7 resolution is somehow designed to seek conflict through the backdoor".

Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary, said: "Just as Labour doesn't win when it seeks conflict with business, I don't see how constantly provoking and picking fights with the unions helps the UK's productivity problem".

"No side," he said, "is seeking conflict, and it has never been our intention to act unilaterally on Greek debt".

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Diana Mutz, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, points out that we are wired to avoid boredom by seeking conflict.

McCarthy was a disciplinarian, but chose not to interfere with Ruth, and the slugger for his part did not seek conflict with the manager.

"You cannot call the same thing black today and white tomorrow," Putin declared, saying that while he did not seek conflict with the West, Western partners had "crossed the line" over Ukraine and behaved "irresponsibly".

But soon the patient seeks conflict through the medical social worker.