Sentence examples for assertive only from inspiring English sources

Yet the children of the black diaspora arrive in swelling numbers, optimistic, self-confident, assertive, only now and then a little perturbed at what they find when they reach their spiritual home.

Fillets of John Dory with a celeriac fondant and mushrooms were more assertive, but only within the confines of subtle fish dishes.

The sustained, eerie string writing that can be heard at the climaxes of Barber's "Adagio for Strings," in Krzysztof Penderecki's "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima" and in the jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal's quasi-concerto, "Whenever I Seem to Be Far Away," is the principal texture here, broken only by fleetingly assertive but equally slow moving brass writing.

Indeed, the fact that the Lords has a higher idea of itself than it did when it was full of hereditary peers and has therefore become more assertive has only highlighted its absurdity all the more.

Subjects with more trusting and cooperative personalities fared worse than competitive, assertive counterparts, but only when cooperative bargainers set low goals for themselves in advance.

Practice being assertive, but considerate.

If anything, she was more assertive here, not only in her subtle use of color but also in her almost choreographic approach to the variety of bowing styles Shostakovich demands.

No passive jumpers, only assertive drives.

Only assertive, sustained American diplomacy is likely to keep the conflict from turning into a ruinous ordeal for both Israelis and Palestinians and a damaging setback to American interests in the region.

After all, if religions inherently wreak havoc, then bigger more assertive religions can only wreak greater havoc.

Their knees always remain where they are meant to be, while assertive behaviour is still only associated with men.