Sentence examples for asserting himself as from inspiring English sources

Shakespeare is supremely at the service of his characters, yet always, necessarily, asserting himself as a poet.

But now that he says he has beaten cancer, he is asserting himself as the dominant figure in a tough campaign for re-election this year.

Mr. Rhyne, the organist, played in Wes Montgomery's band in the early 1960's; when he reached middle age he started asserting himself as a bandleader, projecting a warm, laid-back sound.

After asserting himself as a dynamic sixth-man with the defensive hustle and three-point range to rival the best, assisting his San Antonio Spurs side to the title in the process, Mills rapidly fell back to earth.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistanan's chief justice has wielded his court as a whip against the status quo, the country's rich and powerful, calling top government officials and military spymasters to account and asserting himself as a political force in his own right.

But defying critics who dubbed him a publicity seeker, he has undergone any number of reinventions, from shedding pounds on his once-stout frame to asserting himself as a forceful voice and staunch advocate of civil rights, most recently as the host of the show "Politics Nation" on MSNBC.

Meanwhile, he hopes he has asserted himself as effectively as he did that day in Stockholm.

David Cameron is losing an opportunity to assert himself as leader of a wider European alliance.

It took two years for Nasser to assert himself as President after the revolution of 1952.

Nero (ruled 54 68) left administration to capable advisers for a few years but then asserted himself as a vicious despot.

1986 Peggy Sue Got Married He asserts himself as a viable romantic lead in Uncle Francis's time-travel romcom.