Sentence examples for assertive steps from inspiring English sources
But in recent months, several states have taken unusually assertive steps.
President Obama can no longer ignore calls from Congressional leaders in both parties to take more assertive steps.
Secretary of State John Kerry is in Beijing, to meet with senior Chinese officials and make a deceptively simple demand: halt a series of increasingly assertive steps in territorial disputes with its neighbors.
Although unenthusiastic about working with his new superiors at the StB Koecher did not quit, nor did he take more assertive steps to turn himself in to American authorities.
"The fact that [Obama] has taken an assertive step forward is welcome," said Tarek Radwan, an analyst at the influential Atlantic Council, "it's just simply not enough".
When Mr Morsi sacked his intelligence chief and several other high-level security officials on August 8th, after militants had killed 16 Egyptian soldiers in Sinai, it was seen as an assertive step by a leader seeking to make his mark.
This would be by far the government's most assertive step in starting to claw back some of the enormous profits the TBTF banks have reaped, first as a result of the bailout and then from the implicit guarantee that the government would back up the debt of major banks if they ever faced bankruptcy.
Striving to be assertive by stepping down the pitch, Cook was stumped down the leg side, a maiden international wicket for occasional wicketkeeper Rayudu's unorthodox off-spin.
Big winner from Murray takes it to deuce - very assertive tennis from Murray, stepping into his shots.
He just needs to be assertive and gracious and avoid stepping into a hit or looking rattled".
