asseveration
Example Sentences
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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 Hillern, Wilhelmine von
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 Hornung, Ernest W.
The only five minutes during which he had appeared really awake had been when some one in the smoking-room repeated Julian Grant's asseveration that the German atrocity stories were "faked."
From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth
Its originality is simply an asseveration of paternity.
From Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Gounod, Charles
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