asseveration
Example Sentences
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No; not from this moment," said Mr. Merridew, characteristically seeking to justify his former asseveration, "when not for a single moment have I ceased to bless him for preserving my darling's life.
From Denis Dent A Novel by Ernest W. Hornung
Stepping nearer, I bent down by the side of the young girl; and as soon as her silence gave me an opportunity of being heard, repeated my asseveration.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Mayne Reid
Heaton, 4th Jurist, new series, page 708, for the distinguishment between the words of asseveration and the essential words of an oath.
From The True Story of my Parliamentary Struggle by Charles Bradlaugh
It had all been done under the pious pretence that the Filipinos welcomed our rule—a pretence which had taken the form for six years of systematic asseveration that they did so welcome it.
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount
"Did you ever read such a childish, ridiculous, extravagant asseveration?" he demanded.
From The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott
