Sentence examples for assertive man from inspiring English sources

Although his story seems in many ways identical to that of Bert Williams — a West Indian background, a long and unprecedented stardom, continuous accusations of making "a mockery of upstanding Negro citizens" — Stepin Fetchit (his friends called him Step) was a very different, boldly assertive man.

Who can come to your aid?" "Assertive men, who'll call themselves your husband for an hour, are on their way to your home," the ad reads.

With two assertive men in office, he expects fewer worries than under previous regimes about provoking China's ire.Australia's prime minister, Tony Abbott, fits a similar nationalist mould.

And another plus: Bills Chick made it out of there without a single confrontation and a minimal number of awkward exchanges with overly assertive men.

He's a self-assertive young man who truly wants to reach his lost friend, judgment be damned.

It is hard today to imagine what it meant then--in the late 1940s--for a young white boy to identify with the struggle of a proud, talented, and assertive black man in his fight against racism; to watch white men like Rickey and Reese stand alongside Robinson and exercise leadership; and to somehow ingest that struggle and consider it his own.

These injustices or preconceived attitudes are magnified exponentially if you are a large, dark-skinned, assertive black man like my husband.

He's a real handsome, attractive and assertive leading man.

They liked that I Womenind of a stand-up editor".

Ms. Sandberg urges women to lean in and become as assertive as men in pushing forward their careers.

It's certainly true that women tend to be less assertive than men when it comes to compensation.