"I know gumbo," was his proud assertion when a waiter began offering a detailed description of the local specialty.

On the contrary, it is the proud assertion of belligerent warrior bellicosity, traditionally expressed in head-hunting raids against the surrounding Muslim population.

Boeotia came to be proverbial for the stupidity of its inhabitants (OED), probably because of Athens' proud assertion of its cultural superiority compared to its rural neighbours.

"My Heart Stood Still" and "I Have Dreamed" were shaped into proud assertions of marital devotion.

The system mocks the Supreme Court's once proud assertion of the rule of "one person, one vote."

His simple appearance was a proud assertion that neither color nor previous condition of servitude was relevant to his aspirations, either for himself or for others.

But by a proud assertion of "independence", an eighteenth-century artisan more likely would have been referring to his ability to maintain a wife and family at a proper standard without recourse to charity or poor relief.

The party's proud assertion of Sephardic traditions in the face of the Ashkenazic Orthodox establishment dominated by European Jews, appears to have won it growing support.

The fundamental strength of the Libertarian Ideal consists of nothing more than the proud assertion that freedom is an end-product that people value.

Flowers and fruits are always fit presents; flowers, because they are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.