Sentence examples for assertive like from inspiring English sources

"The meatballs should be assertive, like a wonton filling, but not as dense".

You gave us sharp, memorable descriptions: "ammonia overtones reminiscent of the lobster you sent back" and "all the delicacy of a Prussian drill sergeant" and "confused yet assertive like my uncle Paddy in a cocktail dress".

They are assertive, like to be the best, and have a focus on winning.

#131 I could have been more assertive, like doing things, or like if I got a bloody runny nose, don't call up and say I'm ill and I can't make an appointment.

I could have been more assertive, like doing things, or like if I got a bloody runny nose, don't call up and say I'm ill and I can't make an appointment.

He also uses assertive phrases like, "the truth is," or "folks, let me tell you," which grab listeners by the lapel.

The mid-price Royal grade, $81, was nicely textured and jet-black, and had an assertive osetra-like nuttiness to the flavor.

My hope was that tahini, an unsweetened sesame seed butter, would give me a soup as voluptuous as that peanut butter endeavor, without being cloying -- especially if I added enough garlic, coriander and lemon, for an assertive, hummus-like edge, and carrots, for a delicate sweetness.

An assertive person likes to see everyone win, while an aggressive person wants to pound their enemies into the dust.

The ads use the recently introduced Jaguar brand ad theme, "Alive" — along with jaguar-like roaring sounds in the commercials — and make assertive statements like "All wheel drive.

It can be liberating and assertive but like all identity it is a construction.