Sentence examples for assertive lines from inspiring English sources

To the mix of voice and piano the composer adds a solo trumpet that mostly functions as a commentator, weaving pensive, consoling and assertive lines in between the vocal phrases.

Impacted bitterness rises effervescently to the surface by way of sharp dialogue delivered in poised long takes — some running more than five minutes — punctuated by brisk zooms and pans that suggest the swift, assertive lines of etchings.

But in choosing the more assertive line you have to bear in mind the length of the poem.

You have to decide whether you can keep your more assertive line going for more than a page or two.

If China follows UNCLOS in this area of the sea, can it ignore it in areas where it has no such claim, just its nine-dashed assertive line?

Britain will also be at the front of the queue if she chooses to take a more assertive line with Putin.

After a shaky start, the US took a more assertive line to halt the bloodshed in the former Yugoslavia, eventually brokering the 1995 Dayton Accords that ended the Bosnian war.

Small passages shine: the assertive line of a drawing, the delicate touch of a pin slid through newsprint, the way the metal guitar seems light and dynamic enough to be constructed out of paper.

But leaders of the largest economy in Europe, and therefore the biggest contributor to the Union, began to take a more assertive line more than a decade ago when Chancellor Helmut Kohl was replaced by Gerhard Schröder, a politician from a younger generation.

There was virtually no dialogue to be heard under Costello's song, save for Nick's assertive line at the end of the teaser: "I did not kill my wife.

Taking an assertive line on China has traditionally been more of a campaign tactic rather than government policy, but Chang says this is beginning to change, especially since the Chinese government has been reducing opportunities for foreign competitors in the Chinese market.