Sentence examples for assertive world from inspiring English sources

She took a country in the economic doldrums and turned into an assertive world force.

It may not be Middle Hollinghurst, in the sense in which James would have understood it, but it is the work of a middle-aged writer, whereas the four earlier novels were the work of a younger man galvanised by his arrival in London and by exposure to a suddenly more assertive gay world after 10 years doing EngLit at Oxford in the 70s.

We need to be more assertive in the world.

But he also made it clear that Mr. da Silva wanted Brazil to be more independent and assertive on the world stage.

The campaign against the festival is raising concerns among Westerners -- and some Chinese -- over whether the intimidation will have a lasting impact on global artistic expression as China grows increasingly assertive on the world stage.

The American effort to muster Chinese backing for South Korea is emerging as a test case for how the Obama administration handles China, a nation that is more assertive on the world stage, yet possessed of some of the same insecurities and internal divisions that have long preoccupied its leaders.

It must want to be not only a power, but the power in the world, assertive, a leader, and if necessary a warrior nation once more.

His China is more assertive on the world stage than the China of years gone by - and he is on a global charm offensive for good measure.

The visual style of his books remains flat, a quietly assertive, not-our-world aesthetic, circles and all.

"A man can be called assertive if he launches World War Three.

But when you are trying to be head of the country, it's not necessarily coming across as the most powerful, assertive person in the world".