assertive
Example Sentences
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“Anyone who really got to know him thought he was a pretty magical guy, very humble, very strong, very assertive, but also very kind,” Sawyer said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
It has a faint, almost red-hot intensity; it’s not aggressive, but assertive.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
The US security umbrella is particularly relevant in the face of an increasingly assertive China.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
Offsetting his vocals were his assertive bass lines, the driving guitars of Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson, and the pounding drums of Brian Downey.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
There were about a dozen watches in the window, a dozen different hours and each with the same assertive and contradictory assurance that mine had, without any hands at all.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Vocabulary lists containing assertive
ACT Reading Test: Words to Capture Tone, List 1
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Tone and Point of View, List 3
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