Sentence examples for are able to assert from inspiring English sources

"One quality you can identify," he said, "is they come to office with a national reputation intact [and] are able to assert themselves".

In practice, the situation is that wealthy foreigners are able to assert their rights against authoritarian governments, while ordinary citizens cannot.

With an NRA endorsement in hand, candidates are able to assert that they are willing to choose their constituents over their leaders when warranted.

It would be unconscionable to reduce the effective ness of legal representation for those who need it most, nationally and locally; who, for the first time, are able to assert their rights in the courts.

The fracture is not between the west and Islam but between those who, in both worlds, are able to assert who they are and what they stand for with calm - in the name of faith or reason, or both - and those driven by exclusive certainties, blind passions, reductive perceptions of the other and a liking for hasty conclusions.

Depending on how events are problematized (Deroy and Clegg 2011), especially in situations where elite problematizations are able to assert their domination over all interpretive repertoires, certain consequences tend to follow.

I was able to assert, demand, question.

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

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

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

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