Sentence examples for staking out a position from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bolling had been staking out a position as a moderate alternative to the conservative firebrand.

But he said, "I can't recall an instance when somebody in the White House said I was going to 'regret staking out' a position that they disagreed with, but were not that factually challenging".

If you look into his past, you will not find evidence of him staking out a position he strongly believes in and championing it through the years.

Huelskamp has been staking out a position against House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in recent weeks, including voting against the fiscal cliff deal and Boehner's reelection to speaker.

It smacks of "Obama Derangement Syndrome," the symptoms of which seem to be staking out a position radically opposed to whatever Obama says, does, breathes, or broadcasts psychically to "tuned-in" brain wavelengths only Republicans can pick up.

If you've spent any amount of time staking out a position of your own on the nagging energy debates that have so polarized the nation of late -- hydraulic fracturing, or fracking; nuclear power; renewables; shale oil; tar sands; coal -- you'd be forgiven for thinking Hammond's observation was a recent one.

He's staked out a position that is now to the left of Hillary Clinton and even Bernie Sanders.

The idea is to talk to and question any senator who is either undecided on Kavanaugh or who hasn't yet staked out a position.

By threatening a government shutdown over Obamacare defunding, the GOP is again staking out a public position against the law.

Mrs. Clinton is obviously staking out an extreme position".

Hillary Clinton, in contrast, has staked out a position to the left of President Obama.