While others proudly assert their nationhood, Englishness is the identity that hardly dares to speak its name.

This is literature without culture; it is the speech of men convinced that they have to assert proudly the poetry of life.

"But I'm still standing," he proudly asserted as he took one last snip to complete my unneeded trim.

I used to assert proudly that my husband and I were both virgins when we married.

Plains is their home, they proudly asserted, and they wanted more people to visit.

The workers proudly assert that their strike has taken a toll on Tate & Lyle.

"Shot them myself, and tanned them, too," Ferguson proudly asserted.

Many militant Palestinians proudly assert that the uprising has forced Israel to build new barriers between itself and the occupied territories.

San Marino proudly asserts its independence and various treaties of friendship have been signed with Italy since the latter's unification.

However some religious cults proudly asserted a high status for manual labour.