asserting
Example Sentences
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Two of the supervisors realized Mason’s filing contained major errors, such as contradicting the trial record by asserting one witness never visually identified Johnson as the shooter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
This is roughly analogous to me asserting that running headfirst into a telephone pole at a full sprint will not affect my health because I do not “intend” to concuss myself.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
All of them have top-flight or international experience, as well as physicality to their game, but even those additions did little to prevent Arsenal from asserting their superiority on Friday night.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The ICC expressed concern over those withdrawals, asserting that such countries risked undermining the collective pursuit of justice.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
When it would not be shut up I argued with it, asserting that I could get on without Estraven—perhaps better than with him.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
