asseveration

Example Sentences

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To swear by her name was to give to the asseveration the sanctity of inviolable truth.

From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh

St. Paul's earnest asseveration is very noticeable in form.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition by Gore, Charles

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

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

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 Blount, James H.