Sentence examples for asserted himself to from inspiring English sources

Ballance, who made his Test debut in the final match of the 5-0 Ashes whitewash, gradually asserted himself to post his first 50 for England in his second one-day international as he hit a solid 79.

McCreedy can't eat; he looks across the table and sees "All three...waiting for him to respond, to act, to assert himself, to be.

Will the President assert himself to safeguard conscience protections now?

She felt that the disease itself caused the character to grow a "backbone" as he had rarely asserted himself previously to the Captain.

Henceforth, participation in public affairs became the supreme occupation engaging the ambition of Greek man; it was no longer in athletics and elegant leisure activities that his valour, his desire to assert himself and to triumph, would find expression but rather in political action.

He comes to realize that survival involves knowing when to assert himself and when to hold back, when to take the upper hand and when to yield to a power greater than himself.

But Middlesex found a cool head in Gareth Berg – Ice Berg for ever after this – who asserted himself as the light began to fade.

Murray sliced and scurried, but could assert himself, failing to break up Giraldo's rhythm.

With the determined general manager Peter Gelb in place, Mr. Levine will have to assert himself more forcefully to shape the overall artistic direction at the Met.

To assert himself he took to stealing postage stamps pinning them on the notice board marked with a black spot on the envelope and signed, "Christopher Blackspot strikes again".

Sometimes, as in the long, turning lines of glass, he manages to assert himself firmly enough to keep the old building at bay.