Sentence examples for was most assertive from inspiring English sources

Tibet was most assertive when China was weakest.

Obama was most assertive in speaking about the need to close the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, a pledge he made during his first days in office and that Congress continues to oppose.

Mr. Bush was most assertive in trying to rebut what some strategists in both parties said could be a potent line of attack against him, the charge that he skipped out on some of his National Guard duties not long after Mr. Kerry served heroically in Vietnam.

The price of oil, currently about $45 per barrel, has risen this year, but it is nowhere near the levels of $100 or more it reached when Shell was most assertive in pursuing the Arctic.

Andrew Ruhren's disparate construction, which includes a bellows funneling into a miniature log cabin set in a large, rough box holding amorphous glass panels, is the show's most assertive assemblage.

Note that the least assertive leaders were also perceived as least honest while those who were most assertive were perceived to be at the 85th percentile in terms of their honesty as well.

In the remaining half of the term, students who had previously been the most assertive were more circumspect in their presentation of arguments, and some of the less confident students, though still somewhat shy about participating in section, were now more inclined to ask questions in front of the group.

As he was in the last debate, Rubio was the most assertive.

All elite groups (apart from the armed forces, for which no data were available) were less likely than they were in 1993 to say that America should be the most assertive of leading nations.

The payroll will rise from last season, when it was $108 million, and though the rest of the A.L. East has improved, the Red Sox and the Yankees may be the most assertive teams in the majors.

The front seven is the most assertive, tenacious, fundamentally sound group in the league.