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Discover LudwigThe phrase "asserting ourselves" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where individuals or groups are expressing their rights, opinions, or presence confidently.
Example: "In order to make our voices heard, we must start asserting ourselves in discussions that matter to us."
Alternatives: "standing up for ourselves" or "claiming our space".
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So you might wonder why we're asserting ourselves today.
"This is not an instance where we're asserting ourselves somewhere across the world like Vietnam".
"People were trying to make sure our leadership understood there are people wanting to be asserting ourselves legislatively".
For others, it may simply mean asserting ourselves as independent, even eccentric, "free men" rather than what Nobel Prize-winning novelist John Steinbeck called "herd men".
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How do we assert ourselves without sounding entitled?
We, the undersigned black critics and black writers, here assert ourselves against such oversight and harmful whimsy.
At that stage we needed wickets to really assert ourselves on the South Africans in this game.
There is no doubt that if social workers come together we can assert ourselves professionally in a similar fashion.
Perhaps we have let our retiring nature get the better of us, and should learn to assert ourselves more.
"We took direction from the Europeans for a long time, until we asserted ourselves in thinking: how good can we make things here?" Mr. Rossetto said.
We put together a good string and then came to Washington knowing that this was the game where we had to assert ourselves.
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