Sentence examples for started to assert from inspiring English sources

Gradually, Mr Karzai has started to assert the role of the centre against the regional commanders.

Berdych won the first set, but Murray started to assert himself.

The Eurogroup president, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, has started to assert that black is white.

As the group headed up First Avenue, Kamworor started to assert himself.

But no sooner has nature started to assert itself than the grass gets cut back and the mornings return to being silent and still.

But homosexuality only recently started to assert itself, with campaigns in Britain during the 1950s and 60s demanding the decriminalisation of homosexual acts between consenting adults in private.

The New York School was starting to assert itself.

But, as the vote at Citigroup suggests, stockholders of all stripes may be starting to assert themselves more.

This is the vulnerable age when individuals start to assert their identity and move away from home and individuate.

But, as the vote at Citigroup suggests, stockholders of all stripes may be starting to assert themselves more," Gretchen Morgenson writes in The New York Times.

If Iraq fragments, if Iran starts to assert more visible influence or if a civil war breaks out, "the president could be blamed," Mr. Rothkopf said.