- present participle of assert.
asserting
Example Sentences
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Here we meet Kelly Macdonald, suppressing her Scottish accent as tough but tender Sheriff Kerry, asserting her jurisdictional rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Most of Wall Street’s midcap narratives boil down to nothing more than asserting that such stocks are neither too big nor too little but “just right.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
People have to get more comfortable with asserting things that they believe to be true about the Constitution, right?
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Public comments to the SEC overwhelmingly opposed the agency’s decision, asserting investors in publicly traded companies need to know about climate risks and citing recent floods, wildfires and heat waves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
He has denied to me since that it was hysterics, and insisted that it was only his sense of humour asserting itself under very terrible conditions.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
