5 sentences with 'reassert'
Example sentences and phrases with the word reassert and other words derived from it.
• « When Augustus died in 14 CE, his stepson Tiberius (r. 14 - 37 CE) became emperor. Although it was possible that the senate might try to reassert its power, there was no political will to do so. »
• « The Catholic Reformation established Catholic orthodoxy and launched a massive, and largely successful, campaign to reassert the loyalty and enthusiasm of the Catholic laity. »
• « Charles XII faced an attempt by Denmark, joined by the German prince of Saxony, to reassert its sovereignty in 1700. This became the Great Northern War (1700 - 1721) when Peter the Great of Russia joined in, intending to seize Baltic territory for a permanent port. »
• « The Vietnam War "really" began with the end of World War II. During the war, the Japanese took Vietnam from the French, but with the defeat of the Japanese the French tried to reassert control by putting a puppet emperor on the throne and moving their forces back into the country. »
• « The Arab Spring of 2010 gave rise to a brief moment of hope that new democracies might replace military dictatorships in countries such as Libya, Egypt and Syria, only to see authoritarian regimes or parties reassert control. »