self-assertive
Example Sentences
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Sending Su-hyeok to Dochang had punctured her own belief that a good education was one that could mold every child into a self-assertive “leader” type.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2023
She displays all the characteristics of the modern, self-assertive woman.
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2021
Far from cowering in guilt and shame, these inmates are a remarkably feisty and self-assertive group, and their candor is extraordinary.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2011
Dismissed not too long ago for being too nice, he is also now impressively self-assertive.
From The Guardian • Oct. 24, 2010
She was a disagreeable little woman, no longer young, who had quarreled with almost everyone, owing to a temper which was self-assertive and a disposition to trample upon the rights of others.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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