Sentence examples for of the assertive from inspiring English sources

Mr. Obama has also largely shied away from nominating assertive liberals who might stand as ideological counterpoints to some of the assertive conservatives Mr. Bush named.

A glass of delicious Saw Mill River lager or one of the assertive, fruity reds or whites complemented the food nicely.

She doesn't seem completely comfortable in the environment and, instead of the assertive, confident character I have seen on television, she is quiet and unassuming.

Many conductors milk the Romantic fervor of the assertive and mercurial first movement, which can lead to performances weighted down with expressive intensity.

If Hillary Clinton was the embodiment of the assertive — often hubristic — strain of neoliberal interventionism, then, as the Kremlin saw it, Trump was the opposite: an incurious populist prone to isolationism and short-term pragmatism.

And though it was essentially just another manifesto launch, today's performance by Nicola Sturgeon could yet prove to be much more: the end of the Big Man and the start of the assertive woman as the preferred model for political authority.

Thicker cuts of steak will stand up to the assertive flavors of a dry rub better than a thinner steak.

"Who wouldn't recognize, amid the crazed architectural flourishes of Downtown Simferopol, the assertive skyscraping simplicity of the pencil-like home of the Russian Courier".

But Mr Frith was forced to defend the absence of urban acts, with the feelgood samples of The Go! Team, and the assertive blend of hip-hop, bhangra and ragga by MIA (Maya Arulpragasam) the only representatives of British dance music.

Braising with spices is another technique that can make you a lover of winter squash, and the assertive spices and condiments of Asia make for lively combinations.

The rose water enlivens the bland creaminess of the kulfi, while taming the assertive pininess of the rosemary.