Sentence examples for assertive less from inspiring English sources

"Saudi Arabia is more assertive, less predictable, and probably more nervous than it was," says a Riyadh-based diplomat.

They were also more assertive, less modest, and--showing that politics has always involved some subterfuge--less "straightforward".

Shareholders have become more assertive and less likely to believe the moguls' flannel about "synergies".

The serious global recession has made such unfair or assertive practices less acceptable.

The Kennelly chorus talks in sentences and thus sounds more assertive, if less mystical and threatening.

In addition to Mr. Ahmed, the Either/Orchestra backed Alemayehu Eshete, a singer with an equally assertive but less transcendent style.

Political analysts expect Japan to remain a close American ally, but one that is more assertive and less willing to follow Washington's lead automatically.

The Middle East is badly divided between Sunnis and Shia, with Saudi Arabia more assertive and less predictable than anyone in Tehran can remember.

Lesbians tend to be more assertive and less neurotic than straight women.There are also data which suggest that having a more feminine personality might indeed give a heterosexual male an advantage.

That is the second trend: China, after its successful passage through the financial crisis of late 2008, is more assertive and less tolerant of being thwarted and not just over its "internal affairs".

Women who are assertive are less likable.