6 sentences with 'aggressive'
Example sentences and phrases with the word aggressive and other words derived from it.
• « Christianity was at the heart of scholarship and learning for centuries. It also justified the aggressive expansion of European kingdoms. »
• « In turn, for the Cynics the only route to happiness was a more aggressive rejection of social life than that advocated by the Epicureans (who, again, were quite sedentary). »
• « The Sassanids in Persia were far more aggressive and better organised than the previous Parthian dynasty had been, and Rome was forced to wage almost constant warfare to contain the Persian threat. »
• « In the 14th and first half of the 15th centuries, the city-states of northern Italy were aggressive rivals; most of the formerly independent cities were swallowed up by the most powerful of them. »
• « France became a very aggressive power under Louis XIV, who saw territorial gains as essential to his own glory (he had the phrase "The last argument of kings" stamped on his cannons). »
• « Nationalism in 1914 was nothing like the optimistic, utopian movements of the 19th century; it was hostile, fearful and aggressive. »