asseveration

Example Sentences

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She seemed to expect his asseveration, Cethegus was silent for a short time.

From A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 by Dahn, Felix

Mrs. Kane has always been most careful not to make any positive asseveration of the claims of Spiritualism.

From The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters by Davenport, Reuben Briggs

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 Hornung, Ernest W.

The brethren raised their hands in solemn asseveration and, like a pillar of sacred sacrificial incense, the steamy cloud from thirty throats rose to Heaven in one united breath, "We swear it!"

From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

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 Sharman, Julian