Hardly more than a boy but firm-knit and self-confident. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Gone are the self-confident glory days of Japan Inc. From Wordnik.com. [DON'T ASK ME... I'M JAPANESE!] Reference
Bland, self-confident, Curtis had entered the library. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
And so she is: poised, self-confident, smart and tough. From Wordnik.com. [Flying High Now] Reference
Smooth and self-confident, he was not shy about his calling. From Wordnik.com. [A Preacher On Trial] Reference
Girls who grew up with fathers were more self-confident around boys. From Wordnik.com. [Welfare Can't Be Reformed] Reference
A self-confident France is a more reliable ally than a miserable one. From Wordnik.com. [Gallic Pride Is (Surprise!) A Good Thing] Reference
If difficulties occurred, his resource was to be still more self-confident. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference
In tough times, these leaders were optimistic, inclusive and self-confident. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Nolan: The GOP Platform: No Muslims, No Mexicans] Reference
"How can you become strong and self-confident?" he asked at Centre meetings. From Wordnik.com. [Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult] Reference
"I know that I know" -- become self-confident thro 'a Power greater than self. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
More often than not, they are evidence of a strong and self-confident country. From Wordnik.com. [We Should Talk to Our Enemies] Reference
It was wonderful to see the change in the strong, self-confident girl's manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day] Reference
Lastly, he appears to have been 'very proud', self-confident, and self-reliant. From Wordnik.com. [The Rowley Poems] Reference
Still, the supremely self-confident former tyrant now cuts a rather lonely figure. From Wordnik.com. ['The Glass Has Broken'] Reference
Tribe was self-confident and professorial, clearly at ease jostling with the judges. From Wordnik.com. [The View From The Courtroom] Reference
Jupiter gives pride, excess of vanity, a self-confident and a self-opinionated person. From Wordnik.com. [Palmistry for All] Reference
The little captain seemed older and more self-confident since she had been graduated at Miss. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
He is self-confident, profoundly self-satisfied; is dignified, fearless, courteous and kindly. From Wordnik.com. [The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt] Reference
He was very self-confident, and he illustrated the way a beginner should learn to climb a rope. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer] Reference
Friends and relatives say the divorced father of one has always been upbeat and self-confident. From Wordnik.com. ['I Had A Terrible Feeling'] Reference
Sir Lionel, who was young and self-confident, thought that he would like to fight with this knight. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur and His Knights] Reference
Still, she claims she's happier and more self-confident since her body overhaul and has no regrets. From Wordnik.com. [Our Quest To Be Perfect] Reference
The fashion model Derek Zoolander may be a dimwit, but he's a supremely arrogant, self-confident one. From Wordnik.com. [Days of 'Thunder'] Reference
The image of Cayrol, self-confident man, happy in his love, coming to his mind, caused Serge to laugh. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And his relatively brief adulthood may also help explain the roots of the self-confident side of his nature. From Wordnik.com. [THE ROAD TO RESOLVE] Reference
A man or woman who gives a good firm grasp of the hand, is self-confident, energetic, and generally reliable. From Wordnik.com. [Palmistry for All] Reference
Republicans with no real agenda are poised to win the midterms based solely on aggressive, self-confident bluster. From Wordnik.com. [Lee Stranahan: Note to CNN: Hand Jon Stewart the Keys to Your Failing Network] Reference
"There must be something about the Mormon community that makes these people so self-confident and so open," she says. From Wordnik.com. [America’s Next Top Mormon] Reference
The book ushered in an age of self-confident urbanity, which regarded provincial life with ridicule and condescension. From Wordnik.com. [Parsing The Politics Of 'Main Street'] Reference
Instead, he sat quietly in the saddle, displaying no emotion toward the Apaches save his usual self-confident detachment. From Wordnik.com. [The Defiant Agents] Reference
She was like a strong, self-confident swimmer who had been caught by the tide and was being swept irresistibly out to sea. From Wordnik.com. [When Dreams Come True] Reference
But he was masterful and self-confident to a degree; and against his imperious will the impulsive forces of Charles Napier and. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
Women who feel happy or satisfied with their role -- whatever it is -- usually have the healthiest, most self-confident children. From Wordnik.com. [Mommy Vs. Mommy] Reference
His economists were self-confident academics who thought the stodgy Eisenhower had depressed economic growth and raised unemployment. From Wordnik.com. [Original Sin Remembered] Reference
And Britain itself, as it got progressively richer and more self-confident in the 16 years up to her death, grew and changed with her. From Wordnik.com. [Diana's Britain] Reference
And there self-confident defiance, fattened a long time on the belief that law was a thing to be sneered down, met inflexible resolution. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
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