Owing to the predictable increase in the number of customers, mostly women, rarely men, an additional saleswoman is on duty, self-confident, edgy, probably a grade above the usual saleswoman.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-community-of-desires-annie-ernaux-excerpt

She’s a smart, self-confident former actress who only wants to shoot the person who murdered her husband and sons.

Source: https://www.twincities.com/2023/10/01/readers-and-writers-sandfords-latest-plus-fiction-and-nonfiction-with-eyes-on-the-water/

“There is nothing as beautifully inspiring as being the father of three remarkable, talented, and self-confident young women,”

Source: https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-musical-union-of-faith-hill-and-tim-mcgraw/

The self-confident and money-hungry Cruijff who rallied the press, the public and his teammates – not forgetting the many (national) coaches – against the seemingly arrogant but very insecure Van Beveren.

Source: https://www.baltimoregaylife.com/of-course-this-was-cruyffs-fault-but-van-beveren-himself-was-also-difficult/