"He's been trying to figure out for some time what to do with himself and how to assert his presence on the national stage."

Only at the end of last season did he seem to assert himself on offense.

How trees do seem silently to assert themselves on an occasion!

Johnson has begun to assert himself on both ends of the floor.

Its members, former Soviet republics, asserted control of military forces on their soil.

After that there was little chance to do so much as look up, let alone assert leadership on any grand scale.

But in 1994, as Republicans took control of Congress, they also asserted themselves on the state level.

As for himself, he had no time or effort to spare in trying to assert a claim on property.

Before a crowd of 10,753, Tennessee did not assert itself on offense until early in the second half.

Another voice, familiar, sought to assert its influence on him.