Sentence examples for but assertive from inspiring English sources

Death-haunted but assertive of life.

I admired a black leather whipstitch skirt, slightly kinky but assertive — Versace at its best.

Aggressive tries to destroy the other party, but assertive stands up for yourself.

"Some of the conversations I had were calm but assertive," he said.

"Pacifism became known as the ideal that failed," he says in soft but assertive tones.

I meet another of Williams's success stories, a short but assertive 20-year-old called Yaya.

They need to be tough but sensitive, good-looking but not flashy, assertive but demure.

I was pretty quiet in many ways but always assertive.

But the assertive Senate Democrats and the new, outsider president clashed from the start.

Slightly more subtle but equally assertive renderings of majestic rocks or trees were also popular.

Their flavours are similar but more assertive than the basil we find in Europe.