How to Use aggression in a Sentence

aggression

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  • He has a lot of pent-up aggression.
  • The government says that it will view any attempt to fly over its territory as an act of aggression.
  • The killing wasn’t the first act of aggression prompted by a Pride flag in recent months.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Part of that aggression is 3-point shooting, which Phoenix didn't do much of Game 1.
    — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The free throws tell the most compelling story about his aggression.
    — Chris Manning, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But the effort right now has to be in dealing with the aggression from – from Hamas with these attacks.
    — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Nothing seemed to rattle him in a sport that is known for rage and aggression at high speeds from some drivers.
    — Bruce Martin, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
  • A number of countries have taken steps to try and push back Houthi aggression in the Red Sea region.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Hoping for some aggression, as these 1 ¼-mile races that aren’t the Kentucky Derby are often won on the front end.
    — Ed Derosa, The Courier-Journal, 2 May 2023
  • Rather, the cost of such aggression has to be rendered unsustainable for the culprits.
    — Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2024
  • All of this of course is way outside the scope of the Jeddah peace summit and Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression in Ukraine.
    — Nic Robertson, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Planning and waging a war of aggression counted as crimes against peace.
    — Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • That has done nothing to dim the military’s aggression.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The authors also did not observe disputes that led to the lethal aggression that has been observed in chimpanzees.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2023
  • At least for one Warrior, more aggression is always good.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The complaint, filed on March 7, accuses Maïwenn of aggression.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Trump claimed that the Hamas attack, along with the war in Ukraine and Chinese aggression toward Taiwan, would not have happened under his watch.
    — Christopher Hutton, Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2023
  • There was no joint condemnation of Russian aggression, a low bar to meet.
    — Time, 24 June 2023
  • MacGowan founded the Pogues in 1982, paying tribute to his Irish roots by playing Celtic folk with punk aggression.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The researchers next gathered data from 25 male volunteers who played a game in the lab that is often used in studies of aggression.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The Ukrainian soul is bleeding like never before, but the desire to fight against Russian aggression is even stronger.
    — Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The President, in his speech to the nation about this issue and this bill, tried to tie the struggle against Russian aggression in Ukraine with Israel’s current war.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2023
  • But a broad range of economic aggression that China is engaged in.
    — CBS News, 18 June 2023
  • Theirs is true valor, in the face of indescribable aggression.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
  • All Palestinian victims were killed as a result of the Israeli army aggression.
    — Elliott Gotkine, CNN, 11 May 2023
  • Moreover, more than half of people may have thoughts about aggression toward their baby.
    — Emily Nadal, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The one-star reviewers cited their objection to the book being set in Russia at a time when Russia is engaged in a war of aggression against Ukraine.
    — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
  • The trio of powers will perform the drills off the western coast of the Philippines, in an effort to reaffirm their alliance with each other amidst growing threats of Chinese aggression.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 20 Aug. 2023
  • She’s also emerged as perhaps the most prominent and outspoken critic in the sports world of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.
    — Sean Gregory, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Swatting or biting at the ground or air and snapping or pop-jawing are additional signs of aggression.
    — Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 20 Sep. 2023

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