How to use "assertive" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "assertive" in popular movie and book plots

  • He has an alter-ego that is more assertive and advises him on how to live life.  - Karthik Calling Karthik
  • Rina is portrayed as a sexually assertive gold-digger and expert manipulator of men, but she can't get the best of Jonas.  - The Carpetbaggers (film)
  • Despite a newly assertive Celia taking her place as Harry's wife and Lady of Wideacre, Beatrice secures her hold over her brother.  - Wideacre
  • Three liberated, assertive women move into town, which angers the bigoted, male-dominated town fathers.  - The Devonsville Terror
  • Aishwarya transforms Abhishek by her assertive and fun-loving nature.  - Aishwarya (film)
  • On the contrary, she is bold, active, independent and assertive in nature.  - Kanda Naal Mudhal
  • Badger also blames himself, but becomes more assertive after the crisis, ending the dissent.  - The Animals of Farthing Wood (book)
  • Chambers plays the rich, happy and assertive fashion model Sandra Chase, whose sexual appetite is – per the title – insatiable.  - Insatiable (film)
  • She warms to Chappani, making him more confident and assertive and grooming him and his manners, to the surprise of many in the village.  - 16 Vayathinile
  • Michael, a shy, socially awkward doormat, meets the extroverted Alex who teaches him to be assertive and take risks.  - Bad Influence (film)
  • Saga (Melinda Kinnaman), an assertive tomboy his own age, likes him, and shows it by beating him in a boxing match.  - My Life as a Dog
  • Hanabi is an assertive 16-year-old who protects her less assertive friends.  - Happy Hustle High
  • Cathy's assertive new friend, Dizzy Clayton (Glynis Johns), helps her break out of her shell.  - Perfect Strangers (1945 film)
  • At what turns out to be a phone sex office, Judy meets her new boss, Lil (Jenifer Lewis), who seems to be an assertive but friendly woman.  - Girl 6
  • There he meets an assertive little boy wearing the red scarf of the Pioneer Movement.  - The Last Emperor
  • There were two mayors: Mayor Pike, who was more relaxed, and Mayor Stoner, who had a more assertive personality.  - The Andy Griffith Show

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