Sentence examples for assertive member from inspiring English sources

Normally, freshmen keep quiet, but Cain is an assertive member of the insurgent Freedom Caucus.

When Mr. Walinsky was a legislative assistant to the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, he was known not always affec tionately as one of the most assertive members of the staff.

"The striking thing is that the teacher involved the entire class during the lesson, so you didn't have a connection simply with the most intelligent or assertive members of class," he says.

While participants suggested that time to think and reflect may assist less confident and assertive members in making contributions, there was little evidence from this study that this had made a difference in practice, perhaps related to the issues of interactivity and language that are discussed below.

The stories help us understand what it means to be a team leader and an assertive team member.

In club acts this man was the specialist in alienation; his ferocious assaults on assertive audience members, driven by a formidable intellect, can spread waves of discomfort all around him.

The prospects for a conference, originally intended to be held in June in Geneva, appear to have waned as Mr. Assad's government has grown more assertive and members of the Syrian opposition have balked, saying they would attend only if Syrian forces ended the fierce fighting under way in Qusayr, a strategically important town near the Lebanese border.

And can you put my milk in first if that's for me?" The assertive lady committee member who came to talk about the war memorial would make a fine match for Mr Carson.

Sure, you don't necessarily want an overly assertive new board member who steals autonomy from the founders, but you do need someone with good judgment and a real interest in making sure you succeed.

But there is a risk that the creation of the team be unfairly shaped by one or a few team members who may be particularly assertive or controlling, leaving other members of the team feeling marginalized and powerless.

IHSS workers serving in an enhanced care coordination role would need to be skilled in effective and assertive communication with other members of clients' health care teams.