How to Use self-assurance in a Sentence
self-assurance
noun-
Clearly, she’s gained the self-assurance to belt above the mix.
— Maria Sherman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2024 -
Your self-assurance inspires others, so why not switch up your look?
— Essence, 4 Mar. 2024 -
But in the new episode, unable to rely on her stylist as a sounding board, Kardashian finds her self-assurance.
— Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 June 2023 -
Through the nine-track effort, her soul-stirring takes on love, motherhood and self-assurance ring true.
— Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2023 -
The key is casual self-assurance and an acute attention to others’ needs.
— Ron Charles, Washington Post, 9 May 2023 -
Perhaps in another life Mr. Munger, with all his drive and self-assurance, would have been the chief of a giant corporation.
— Robert D. Hershey Jr., New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023 -
And the opposite of finding self-assurance is in social media.
— Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024 -
And the opposite of finding self-assurance is in social media.
— Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024 -
And the opposite of finding self-assurance is in social media.
— Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024 -
However, lacking confidence in that one area of her life doesn't mean she's lacked self-assurance elsewhere.
— Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023 -
Keep it accessible, flipping through its pages to evoke memories of joy and self-assurance.
— Mark Travers, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 -
Troughton, who has directed for British television, brings a tone of supreme self-assurance to the film, expertly guiding its twists and darkening turns.
— Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023 -
With as much self-assurance as a vehicle can muster, the Mercedes drives away — but not before Danny has memorized its license plate.
— Rachel Seo, Variety, 17 Mar. 2023 -
His confidence isn’t a gimmick in the slightest, his self-assurance shining with his eclectic demeanor.
— Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023 -
Tehran’s brutal suppression of domestic unrest after a wave of protests in the fall of 2022 further fed the government’s self-assurance.
— Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2023 -
This cycle, the Trump campaign wanted to project self-assurance but not complacency.
— Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024 -
Emily’s ever-changing moods and growing self-assurance allowed Mitchell to showcase her range as the seasons progressed.
— EW.com, 9 May 2024 -
Her growing self-assurance powered the creation of Lady Jesus.
— Steve Hochman, SPIN, 10 Mar. 2023 -
Campbell is Old Hollywood, carrying herself with the self-assurance of someone who has enjoyed pre-noughties fame—that is, proper celebrity.
— Otegha Uwagba, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Mar. 2023 -
His self-assurance came through in every public appearance.
— Vivian Yee, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023 -
But that vulnerability is laced with a cool self-assurance.
— Mallika Rao, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024 -
With a bombastic pop sound to accompany the lyrics’ unabashed self-assurance, Beacon stands out immediately when compared against the singer’s past work — much like its title would suggest.
— Stephen Daw, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2024 -
This crystal enhances their natural charisma and self-assurance, which is ideal for their pursuit of creative expression.
— Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024 -
What Miyagi and others found refreshing was how Yamamoto’s self-assurance on the field never translated into arrogance off of it.
— Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024 -
Along for the ride is her husband (played by Rufus Sewell), a former ambassador himself whose jaunty self-assurance and constant back-channel maneuverings tend to have a way of gumming things up for his more serious-minded spouse.
— Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023 -
With layers that start below the chin and frame your face so flattering, this hairstyle is supposed to exude the self-assurance and effortlessly chic attitude of the quintessential 1990s model cuts (think Cindy Crawford and Claudia Schiffer).
— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2024 -
Newcomer Panigrahi helps shape the character’s self-assurance with a performance that stays curious about the layers of Mira’s confidence.
— Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2024 -
Her songs, which coast on cherry syrup melodies pummeled by jackhammer drums, teeter between supple meditations on relationships and raunchy, peacock displays of self-assurance.
— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023 -
It’s also pronounced with a dizzyingly contradictory combo of aggressive self-assurance and on-the-edge-of-a-panic-attack anxiety.
— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2023 -
King uses a Barbados accent, conveying Chisholm’s ex-schoolteacher self-assurance as a defining idiosyncrasy.
— Armond White, National Review, 27 Mar. 2024
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