Sentence examples for became assertive from inspiring English sources

He buried that ingrained tendency and became assertive.

In the middle of all this, Beltran, a quiet man, finally became assertive.

Carol: Times were hard before I became assertive enough to say, "You need to do some of this".

But as Russia became assertive under Mr Putin a decade later, a return to the Middle East was only a matter of time, says Tatyana Karasova, an analyst of Russia-Israel relations.

He had been diffident in the opening 50 minutes, operating in the long shadow cast by his half-back partner Nikola Matawalu, but became assertive from the moment the scrum-half went off, one of the few players on the evening not interested in bashing his way through the defensive line, his subtle touches relief from the brutality of the exchanges.

With Myler kicking two penalties to one by Tusi Pisi, who was playing opposite his two brothers, George and Ken, without the room or indulgence he enjoyed against Harlequins, it was surprising that the Saints did not secure their try bonus until two minutes from the end having flatlined in the second period as Bristol belatedly became assertive.

Each time these have become assertive, they have been culled.

Yet for the film, I now had to become assertive about the recording space.

However, I would hope – instead of alternating between passive and domineering – he would become assertive.

Talk in Washington is that Beijing's once-cautious foreign policy has suddenly become assertive and caustic.

Countries such as South Africa, India and Brazil have managed to beat the odds, grow their economies, become assertive and ambitious; but most Muslim nations remain backward, oppressive, resentful and hopeless.