assertive

Example Sentences

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It has a faint, almost red-hot intensity; it’s not aggressive, but assertive.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

The Muscarelle Museum of Art takes an engaging, expansive approach to highlighting the often-overlooked female practitioners of the assertive midcentury style.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

It looks like the opening chapter of a more assertive Tokyo — and that it is unlikely to end here.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

"As industrial policy becomes more assertive, geopolitical tensions rise and supply chains are disrupted, financial market stress is likely to become more frequent."

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

There were about a dozen watches in the window, a dozen different hours and each with the same assertive and contradictory assurance that mine had, without any hands at all.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner