I was struck by comfortable and self-assured he was. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2009] Reference
And yet, at other times, he can seem not so self-assured. From Wordnik.com. [THE ROAD TO RESOLVE] Reference
I'm looking ahead at tomorrow, self-assured, full of hope. From Wordnik.com. [‘Peace Out of Necessity’] Reference
To most of us he seemed too self-assertive, too self-assured. From Wordnik.com. [On the Stairs] Reference
It was arrogant, self-assured -- he hated that sort of thing. From Wordnik.com. [The Shield of Silence] Reference
Because to me, she seemed more self-assured this time around. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2009] Reference
SEGARS: She ` s trusting, but she ` s also very self-assured. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2008] Reference
Startled, but outwardly self-assured, he half offered his hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
He was stung by her assumption that he could be so self-assured. From Wordnik.com. [Key Out of Time] Reference
He was, on one hand, a remarkably resilient and self-assured man. From Wordnik.com. [A Sporting Life] Reference
His friends described him as brilliant and immensely self-assured. From Wordnik.com. [Who Is To Blame?] Reference
She's confident and self-assured, honest and poised to make a change. From Wordnik.com. [Leslie Goldman: What It's Like To Sit Next To Crystal Renn] Reference
This is money is very self-assured in his knowledge and his expertise. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2008] Reference
Kennedy was everything Nixon was not-patrician, self-assured and charming. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise And Fall And Rise And Fall And Rise Of N] Reference
Singer Kurt Cobain observes his generation as over-bored and self-assured. From Wordnik.com. [Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Remembered] Reference
To me, my brother was a self-assured deadbeat whose failure was inevitable. From Wordnik.com. [Life of the Mind] Reference
COOPER (voice-over): Today, a self-assured activist met the National Press Corp. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2005] Reference
Proman, a self-assured, chatty Wellesley College grad, was hurt but not devastated. From Wordnik.com. [How Safe Is Your Job?] Reference
And now she's so completely self-assured, when she sat down with us, you just tell. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2005] Reference
And in order to do that, you have to be pretty self-assured about what you're doing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2005] Reference
Confused, he drove off in a hurry, leaving me feeling considerably less self-assured. From Wordnik.com. [Those Hand Gestures Didn't Mean 'Hello'] Reference
But some nations -- poorer, perhaps, or less self-assured -- don't want to dress down. From Wordnik.com. [Global Grunge: It's Not Just Ugle Americans] Reference
Away from the self-assured, as well, who have always colonized poverty and do it again. From Wordnik.com. [Morning Poem] Reference
During the Renaissance they were self-assured professionals, employed by princes and popes. From Wordnik.com. [Tortured Souls] Reference
The result is an industry that -- for the moment -- looks smart, sophisticated and self-assured. From Wordnik.com. [Robin Givhan: The fashion world grows up, at least for a season] Reference
And you say back in the era of self-assured, radical dogma, young people were far from uncertain. From Wordnik.com. [Fresh Air Remembers Historian Tony Judt] Reference
She encourages the children, no matter what their disability, to be self-assured and independent. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2003] Reference
From the outside, St. Paul's conveyed a certain uniform style, of a casual, self-assured privilege. From Wordnik.com. [THE SOLITARY SOLDIER] Reference
Lively and self-assured, Houston made an instant impression on the First Lady, Bob Woodward writes. From Wordnik.com. [A Collector Of People, Living And Dead] Reference
She could scarcely believe this weeping, disconsolate little creature to be the smiling, self-assured. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College] Reference
His features and short-clipped hair were coarse, but self-assured intelligence shone in his smoky eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Rebels of the Red Planet] Reference
"I don't like parting with friends; it sets me all awry," I said, giving back his own self-assured look. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860] Reference
Even the style of his appeal for harmony was too self-assured and his faith in his own superiority too evident. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
And he seems as self-assured as ever while denying that his orders to Karpinski were in any way related to the abuses there. From Wordnik.com. [Abu Ghraib And Beyond] Reference
They stem from self-assured societies that were open to other cultures, other ways of looking at the world without fear or mistrust. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasures Of Islam] Reference
He stood before her in the dusty living room, self-assured and proud, and it came to Mrs. Wladek all at once that her boy was a man. From Wordnik.com. [Hex] Reference
At the farther end of the hall the Rev.Mr. Clark was standing, reading along in an easy, self-assured way that was positively irritating. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
She's tart, she's loyal to her friends, she is unforgiving toward her enemies, she's easy to confide in, and she's impossibly self-assured. From Wordnik.com. [Librarian Nancy Pearl Picks Summer's Best Books] Reference
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