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
Just at this moment, Julia's absurd shufflings, and equivocations, and barefaced changes from one asseveration to another fill her with wrath.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
But although the theologian heaps up protestation upon asseveration until the mass attains an imposing size, the whole is not of more substantial value than a huge bubble blown by an energetic school boy.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman
Enough surely has been already adduced to warrant a reasonable man in refusing to accept Professor Jowett's repeated asseveration that the Bible is "to be interpreted like any other book."
From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by John William Burgon
"Did you ever read such a childish, ridiculous, extravagant asseveration?" he demanded.
From The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott
