How to Use self-assured in a Sentence

self-assured

adjective

• The 26-year-old Scott is very self-assured.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
• But in periods of rapid change, leaders who earn trust are rarely the most self-assured.
  — Rochelle Blease, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
• The entire defence looks more tentative, less self-assured than a year ago.
  — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
• Her guitar-playing is as self-assured and precise as ever.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2025
• Because when volume is understood and mastered, there is no outfit that doesn’t look self-assured.
  — Alex Sales, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2026
• 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
• But Nobody’s Girl floats free, self-assured and self-contained—a true American tragedy.
  — Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
• Where some may see this behavior as vain or egotistical, others may perceive it as bold, self-assured and passionate.
  — Mallorie Sullivan, USA Today, 20 July 2026
• But what was missing was more of a winning spirit, more aggressive, uninhibited and self-assured.
  — Max Mathews, New York Times, 9 June 2026
• Protecting their peace and remaining self-assured has become a priority.
  — Essence, 28 Aug. 2025
• Burnham forms a nice contrast with Mulligan — bumbling and self-deprecating, while she is contained and self-assured.
  — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Dec. 2020
• By the 1990s, Diana’s jewelry had become more polished and self-assured.
  — Eloise Moran, InStyle, 14 July 2026
• When the story begins in 1580, Will and Agnes are both arrestingly self-assured.
  — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
• Free-spirited, self-assured and rebellious, Oona has an unapologetic streak that’s reflected in her hair.
  — Chloe Burcham, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026
• Professionals who are self-assured don’t need to perform credibility.
  — Britney Porter, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
• Eight years after launching her eponymous cosmetics brand Westman Atelier, the makeup artist feels more self-assured than ever.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
• Her perspective on pop, politics, and everything in between has remained consistently direct and self-assured.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 May 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
• 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
• The new campaign aims to reveal a more intimate side of Wasson, capturing her relaxed and self-assured presence along the California coastline.
  — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
• In several episodes, viewers see participants acting decisively and self-assured in private conversations, only to show up to the roundtable and completely change their thinking.
  — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026
• As part of Dove’s Keep Her Confident initiative, the elite athlete and brand are encouraging girls to enjoy the fun of sports and self-assured, despite any negativity thrown at them.
  — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 18 July 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
• 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
• Part bildungsroman, part romance, Doran’s fizzy yet intelligent interpretation is as self-assured as its protagonist, with anachronistic flourishes that pay homage to Sybylla’s spirit of subversion.
  — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
• Time gave us the late-career brilliance of filmmakers like Jane Campion, Agnès Varda, Claire Denis, and Kathryn Bigelow, whose work became richer, fiercer, and more self-assured because these women had lived and learned so much.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 May 2026