8 sentences with 'offensive'
Example sentences and phrases with the word offensive and other words derived from it.
• « Thus, this defensive mechanism of the brain - which, as we have seen, can become offensive in the form of stress - involves a complex biochemistry, in a sequence that activates first and foremost the amygdala of the limbic brain system. »
• « Very often this took the form of arrogance, hubris and lack of self-control, which the Greeks believed was offensive to the gods and could bring divine retribution. »
• « Almost from the beginning of his tenure, Pope Paul III was on the offensive: he commissioned a report in 1536 to assess the possibility and necessity of reform, which concluded that there were numerous abuses within the Church that needed to be corrected (e.g., the lack of education of the clergy, the practice of drawing revenue from parishes that the bishops never visited, etc.), but there was no change in doctrine. »
• « The tactical problem facing both sides was due to the new technologies of warfare: whereas in past wars offensive strategy was often superior to defensive strategy, in the First World War things were completely reversed. »
• « As they charged, the enemy simply opened fire with impunity from their trenches, and without exception no offensive captured a significant amount of territory between 1915 and early 1917. For example, a British attack in 1915 temporarily gained 1,000 yards at the cost of 13,000 lives. »
• « The Battle of Verdun, a huge German offensive that sought to break the stalemate in 1916, resulted in 540,000 casualties among the French and 430,000 among the Germans. It achieved nothing but carnage, with neither side gaining significant territorial concessions. »
• « In September 1826, General Carlos de Alvear took command of the Republican Army and set about launching an offensive against the Brazilian forces. »
• « This legitimate power of the state is based on the existence of a legal system and on its ability to impose peace on its own territory and to rally the inhabitants to defend themselves against the offensive of an enemy state. »