How to Use aggression in a Sentence

aggression

noun

• 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.
• Then had to ask about Bam Adebayo’s aggression in almost taking over the game.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2023
• As a subgenre title, rage sounds pretty straightforward — anger, aggression, bricks through windows.
  — Elias Leight, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2023
• This time, the response to Iranian aggression must be different.
  — The Editors, National Review, 2 Oct. 2024
• Officials must rewrite their rules of engagement, creating new thresholds that make clear that future aggression will be met with resistance.
  — Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
• Vladimir Putin’s aggression has taken on the Eastern European country and its people.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 2 Feb. 2023
• Trump warns of another world war, and yet here, too, his policies seem designed to encourage aggression and destabilize the international order.
  — The Editors, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
• The research found that the benefits of implementing puzzles included weight loss and even resolved litter box avoidance and aggression toward humans and other cats.
  — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2023
• After their second trade in two-plus weeks, team leaders are happy with the front office’s aggression in swinging a deal Wednesday to dramatically alter their roster.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
• The military aggression in Lebanon is, in part, an expansion of Israel’s war in Gaza, which hit its one-year mark on October 7.
  — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024
• And while the Rockets' offense did stall after halftime on Wednesday, much of the loss can be pinned on the dip in energy and aggression as Washington crept back in the game.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 25 Jan. 2023
• The killing wasn’t the first act of aggression prompted by a Pride flag in recent months.
  — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2023
• That night, the boy’s aggressions sent me silently running from the tent.
  — Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
• 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
• Think aggression, envy — i.e., the dark side of your inner force.
  — Catherine Baab-Muguira, Quartz, 31 July 2024
• The main goals for the space, the duo said, is to offer a healthy outlet for anybody from children to adults to express their rage and aggression.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 29 June 2024
• In the last six months, has there been an escalation of aggression or threats?
  — Adam Satariano, New York Times, 18 July 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
• Aries is the first sign of the zodiac and is ruled by Mars, the planet of energy, passion, and aggression.
  — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 18 May 2024
• Rather, the cost of such aggression has to be rendered unsustainable for the culprits.
  — Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2024
• Hill liked the aggression and having players stick up for each other.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 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
• Still, despite the calmness of it all, Baby Kia raps with aggression and his opps and violence.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024