Sentence examples for able to assert itself from inspiring English sources

These are cooled to within a gnat's whisker of absolute zero, a temperature at which their vibration vanishes and the wavelike side of their nature is able to assert itself.

Ill-luck was still able to assert itself, though, and Paterson was stretchered off at half-time with an injury to his left knee, after he damaged it in a challenge.

To put it in sharper, if seemingly paradoxical terms, if America tries to go it alone in the world without China, it will not be able to assert itself.

Accepting his situation, he is able to assert himself through a polymorphic sexual abandon in which the lines between the sexes dissolve, to the delight of all.

In the Austrian west, Duke Frederick IV of the Tirolean branch lost the Aargau to the Swiss but was able to assert himself in Tirol against a rebellion of his nobles.

However, the United States was neither able nor inclined to assert itself militarily or diplomatically in favour of preserving Madagascar's independence.

The DH itself has become less able to assert its authority in the running of the NHS as there aren't as many civil servants working there now; NHS England, Monitor and the CQC between them now have over four and a half times as many senior civil servants as the DH.

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

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

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

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