Sentence examples for wave of assertiveness from inspiring English sources

In a wave of assertiveness, Constantine J. Dillon, the seashore superintendent, has blocked, at least for this summer, one after another of beach and dune rebuilding projects that property owners would have paid for themselves.

Mr. Evans was not at the Stonewall disturbances, but they fueled in him a militant fervor and inspired him to join the Gay Liberation Front, an organization started during the wave of gay assertiveness that followed.

But they manage to present themselves as riders of a wave of Madhesi, Janajati and Dalit assertiveness, rather than as people resisting it.

Elsewhere there was no lack of assertiveness.

You quickly learn the importance of assertiveness and allies.

His foreign policy strikes a reasonable balance of assertiveness and diplomacy.

Even the slightest gesture of assertiveness can create the pleasing illusion that you control your fate.

After his brief flash of assertiveness, he seemed more a supplicant than ever.

As it was, Holtby decided the game with a brilliant moment of assertiveness.

You may choose a shorter line precisely in order to enjoy this extra degree of assertiveness.

"I would say this is the opposite of assertiveness," she said.