Sentence examples for able to assert from inspiring English sources

Arriving shortly after Garnier had been killed in battle, Philastre was able to assert his authority.

Many Western experts believe the PLA is becoming increasingly able to assert China's territorial claims, despite the corruption.

You have to be able to assert yourself and make your voice heard and lead and push something.

She died in childbirth and without heir; her husband was then able to assert his authority in Poland.

"But the shareholder would be able to assert as a defense the co-op's failure to make the repair".

How will a parent in an abusive relationship be able to assert their independence if their partner controls the income?

Which was unfortunate, because the one area in which Ireland were able to assert themselves was at the scrum.

No longer able to assert their masculinity as much through their gender, straight men turned to sexuality.

So deprived are its people of both external and internal sources of information that the regime has been able to assert control.

The prospective conquerors, the Western powers and their rebel proxies, will then expect to be able to assert control over Libya's vast oil and natural gas reserves.

"For a long time, the question has been not whether he is willing but whether he is able to assert government control over the military," Mr. Adams said.