Examples of self-assured in a Sentence
he's a self-assured yachtsman who's not at all intimidated by the competition
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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.
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
Randall King’s direction is self-assured, staging that needs to lean heavily towards letting these four masterful chefs cook, providing a smorgasbord of the quad’s most famed hits.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
What was once dismissed as a slow-burn subtropical capital now feels dynamic and self-assured—a city in its prime.
—Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
The entire defence looks more tentative, less self-assured than a year ago.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
But Nobody’s Girl floats free, self-assured and self-contained—a true American tragedy.
—Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
When the story begins in 1580, Will and Agnes are both arrestingly self-assured.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
Protecting their peace and remaining self-assured has become a priority.
—Essence, 28 Aug. 2025
Her guitar-playing is as self-assured and precise as ever.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2025
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
Randall King’s direction is self-assured, staging that needs to lean heavily towards letting these four masterful chefs cook, providing a smorgasbord of the quad’s most famed hits.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
What was once dismissed as a slow-burn subtropical capital now feels dynamic and self-assured—a city in its prime.
—Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
The entire defence looks more tentative, less self-assured than a year ago.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
But Nobody’s Girl floats free, self-assured and self-contained—a true American tragedy.
—Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
When the story begins in 1580, Will and Agnes are both arrestingly self-assured.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
Protecting their peace and remaining self-assured has become a priority.
—Essence, 28 Aug. 2025
Her guitar-playing is as self-assured and precise as ever.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Self-assured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-assured. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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