Sentences with assert
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A a - Mr. Helm plans to assert that the bill violates the First Amendment. [VERB that]
- After the war, the army made an attempt to assert its authority in the south of the country. [VERB noun]
- The New South Wales branch of ASSERT does not outright condemn the therapy.
- His captors assert instead that he trained in al-Qaeda camps.
- The republics began asserting their right to govern themselves. [VERB noun]
- He's speaking up and asserting himself confidently. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
- One could say that the two cultures are so similar; there is a need for us to assert some kind of difference.
- To assert is to state positively with great confidence but with no objective proof [she asserted that human nature would never change]; to declare is to assert openly or formally, often in the face of opposition [they declared their independence]; affirm implies deep conviction in one's statement and the unlikelihood of denial by another [I cannot affirm that she was there]; aver connotes implicit confidence in the truth of one's statement from one's own knowledge of the matter; , avouch implies firsthand knowledge or authority on the part of the speaker; , warrant, in this comparison, is colloquial, and implies positiveness by the speaker [I warrant he'll be late again]
- Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.
- To assert one's authoritySalman Rushdie has asserted his right . . . to be identified as the author of this work
- The quasi-judicial pre-grant process of asserting patent rights and appeals procedures during patent examination; 'to assert' patent rights means to defend or maintain patent rights.
- He asserted his innocence of the crime.
- To assert a first cause as necessary.
- The candidate finally asserted himself about property taxes.