assertive

How To Use assertive In A Sentence

• Perhaps spurred by the era of Republican dominance and a reassertive ruling class, historians have given new attention to the plantocracy.
• Women have become more assertive in the past decade.
• Be assertive without being aggressive and be clear about what you want. The Sun
• Some of the confidence and assertiveness comes from having spent time in government, and now we've identified ways where we want to make our push," said a senor administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss White House thinking on the Middle East developments. As Arabs protest, Obama administration offers assertive support
• Be assertive without being aggressive and be clear about what you want. The Sun
• Max Bedacht was not the kind of frowsy, self-assertive Communist most Congressmen were accustomed to encountering. On being called a bigot and/or racist
• On top of abuse, midwives also face a far more assertive and confident middle class mother than they did even 15 years ago.
• It showed that she was finding it very hard to be assertive, and her son was confused by his mother's contradictory signals.
• Be assertive without being aggressive and be clear about what you want. The Sun
• She had achieved a balance between her vulnerable, nurturing, feeling side and the rational, assertive, analytical side.