affirmation

Example Sentences

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“Yes,” Mom says, but she says it like a question, rather than an affirmation of fact.

From Literature

It makes compromise difficult and disagreement suspect, shifting the goal from persuasion to affirmation.

From The Wall Street Journal

“You would tell me,” Aunt Tess says again, but this time she doesn’t say it as a question, she says it as an affirmation that she already knows the answer to.

From Literature

“To me,” Mr. Talarico continued, “that is an affirmation in one of our most central stories that creation has to be done with consent. You cannot force someone to create.”

From The Wall Street Journal

I grew to love places like that, places where I could get affirmation for just speaking Mandarin without an accent, where I was still allowed back simply because I didn’t draw attention to myself.

From Los Angeles Times