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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