Examples of self-assured in a Sentence
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Eight years after launching her eponymous cosmetics brand Westman Atelier, the makeup artist feels more self-assured than ever.
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Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
Kelly would do well to study the kind of subtle resistance that Gummer puts up here; even if John was less self-assured, Caroline’s reactions seem more alive.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Professionals who are self-assured don’t need to perform credibility.
—Britney Porter, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
This is Louisville cooking at its most self-assured—global in influence, local in execution, and uninterested in chasing trends for the sake of it.
—Hannah Howard, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026
Slimmer and more self-assured now, dressed in suits and a tie, always charming and polite, Ramírez made more of an impression when accompanying his mother to diplomatic functions on the Latin American cocktail circuit.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
But his sophomore album, 2022’s Faith in the Future, was more vibrant and self-assured, giving Tomlinson his first top 5 entry on the Billboard 200 chart.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2026
Usha Vance is confident and self-assured but is very much a woman who’s still coming to grips with her desire to live a somewhat normal life and the constraints of being married to one of the Republican Party’s most promising politicians.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
The entire defence looks more tentative, less self-assured than a year ago.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
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Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
Kelly would do well to study the kind of subtle resistance that Gummer puts up here; even if John was less self-assured, Caroline’s reactions seem more alive.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Professionals who are self-assured don’t need to perform credibility.
—Britney Porter, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
This is Louisville cooking at its most self-assured—global in influence, local in execution, and uninterested in chasing trends for the sake of it.
—Hannah Howard, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026
Slimmer and more self-assured now, dressed in suits and a tie, always charming and polite, Ramírez made more of an impression when accompanying his mother to diplomatic functions on the Latin American cocktail circuit.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
But his sophomore album, 2022’s Faith in the Future, was more vibrant and self-assured, giving Tomlinson his first top 5 entry on the Billboard 200 chart.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2026
Usha Vance is confident and self-assured but is very much a woman who’s still coming to grips with her desire to live a somewhat normal life and the constraints of being married to one of the Republican Party’s most promising politicians.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
The entire defence looks more tentative, less self-assured than a year ago.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
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“Self-assured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-assured. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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