self-assured

Example Sentences

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To her credit, Ms. Romvari directs with self-assured but unshowy inventiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The clip is worth watching, and not just to marvel yet again at Vance’s ability to make idiotic statements in the self-assured tone of the smartest boy in the room.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

Some were self-assured and gung-ho; some were silent and pensive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“Katie’s a very tenacious, self-assured individual,” recalled Jordan Ball, who was a senator for the opposition party.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

After that Harriet, fearless, self-assured, guided them from one station stop to the next.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry