assertive

Example Sentences

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Most large importers—Walmart and Home Depot among them—haven’t embraced Costco’s assertive legal posture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

It has a faint, almost red-hot intensity; it’s not aggressive, but assertive.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

But over time as social norms changed, so did attitudes toward assertive female Horses.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

I blame myself for not being more assertive and sure of myself, for not going into the police station and forcing a statement on them.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

“I still want to see the Sistine Chapel,” she says while we walk, her footsteps assertive as she crunches through the snow.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott