asseveration
Example Sentences
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With this asseveration he rose erect and entered boldly among the bushes, while Nelatu concealed himself behind them.
From The White Squaw by Mayne Reid
Now did not you deny in the Tower unto me with earnest asseveration, that you had not any conference with Hall, until the witness was produced against you, and then you confessed it?
From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by John Gerard
The use made of the word in the conversation of ancient Greece should be in easy recollection, bringing down as it did upon the Athenian people the accusation of being their popular oath of asseveration.
From A Cursory History of Swearing by Julian Sharman
She scarcely knew what to make of this tender asseveration, and she said nothing.
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern
In her heart of hearts Blanche could not say that Cazalet had the best of the argument, except, indeed, in the matter of heated emphasis and scornful asseveration.
From The Thousandth Woman by Ernest W. Hornung
