Example Sentences

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I thought of the "darkness 'broidered with luminous eyes," and I walked forward rapidly, self-assertively.

From The Green Eyes of Bâst by Rohmer, Sax

The Bradys had arrived from the corner trolley, and were hovering about the door self-assertively.

From The Girl from Montana by Hill, Grace Livingston

My theory," he went on self-assertively, "is that the attack has been made always along water routes.

From The War Terror by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)