Sentence examples for sought status from inspiring English sources

"These men heartlessly preyed on the hopes and desires of immigrants who sought status here in America," said Charles J. Hynes, the Brooklyn district attorney.

WASHINGTON — Karl Rove, addressing the dismissal of federal prosecutors in 2006 when he was a top adviser to President George W. Bush, said in a recent interview that he had sought status reports about vacancies in prosecutors' offices, pushed subordinates to find a job for a former deputy and monitored plans for dismissals as they evolved after Mr. Bush's re-election in 2004.

He was with his community in the good and bad times and never sought status or power, but always worked to empower others around him.

Early adopters (next 13.5%) seek status and exclusivity.

Female primates, she says, are "competitive" in that they seek status within their social order.

Seeking status as well as diversion, middle-class employees of British firms followed the upper-class lead.

For Ellison, modern jazz musicians made the mistake of seeking "status and respectability," and of seeking it as intellectuals and from intellectuals, predominantly white ones.

They are separately seeking status as a class on behalf of "at least 80" employees whose pay was docked, according to the complaint.

People who feel powerless seek status to restore their power.

In this sense, "ci" (mercy) constitutes an emotional strategy of grandparents who seek status and power in the family.

China's unique nature as a rising nation seeking status as a developed one gives it immense opportunity to implement smart technologies.