Sentence examples for warlike attempts from inspiring English sources

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So far, though, Mr Ellwood's own warlike attempts have fallen flat.

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The 19th-century treaties, in general, were concerned with preserving the peace at sea, and Britain did not interfere with the warlike Qawāsim's attempts to take Abū Ẓaby (1825 31; 1825 31).

In October 1774, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress recommended that each town establish a company of Minutemen specially trained militia who could be ready at short notice in the event that the British Regulars in Boston attempted any warlike movements.

These attempts alarmed their warlike Itza neighbours to the northwest, who attacked the mission towns and fomented rebellion among the Manche.

They condemned unprovoked military aggression and attempted to dissuade warlike rulers from attacking other states.

Beginning in the late summer of 1774, Gage attempted to suppress the warlike preparations throughout New England by seizing stores of weapons and powder.

Following Cortés' visit, no Spanish attempted to visit the warlike Itza inhabitants of Nojpetén for almost a hundred years.

Following Cortés' visit in 1525, no Spanish attempted to visit the warlike Itza inhabitants of Nojpetén for almost a hundred years.

Strategy emerged in the contest for domestic political leadership (as in Oda Nobunaga's unification of much of Japan during the 16th century) and in attempts either to limit the irruptions of warlike nomads into civilized and cultivated areas or to expand imperial power (as in the rise of China's Qing dynasty in the 17th century).

Then, figures such as Buddha, Socrates, Confucius, Jeremiah and Lao Tzu attempted to define for more settled, less warlike times an ethic that reached beyond our baser instincts to something more profound within.

The Cubans have grown convinced that the United States intended in one way or another to attempt the overthrow of their regime and this conviction (reinforced by the warlike noises that have, in recent weeks, been blown across that famous 90 miles of water) will not quickly subside.

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