6 sentences with 'reinforce'
Example sentences and phrases with the word reinforce and other words derived from it.
• « Thus, even when "good Popes" occasionally appeared, the general pattern was that the Popes did little to reinforce the spiritual authority they had already lost because of the Great Western Schism. »
• « They knew that there would have to be some concessions to a generation of people who had lived with equality before the law, but they worked to reinforce traditional political structures while granting only limited compromises. »
• « Rival newspapers soon emerged, but what they had in common was that they did not seek to change or influence opinion, but rather to reinforce it: every political persuasion was now served by at least one newspaper that "preached to the choir", reinforcing pre-existing ideological perspectives rather than confronting them with inconvenient facts. »
• « When the scramble for Africa began in earnest in the 1870s, the newly united nation of Italy sought to reinforce its status as a European power by establishing its own colonies. Italian politicians turned to East Africa, specifically Eritrea and Ethiopia. »
• « Already in the mid-twentieth century, the purpose of higher education was essentially to reinforce class divisions: a small elite attended university and were therefore accredited representatives of their class interests. »