asserting
Example Sentences
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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
“Noel Tata has been in some sense pushing for change, asserting himself,” said Kavil Ramachandran, a professor at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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
Here we meet Kelly Macdonald, suppressing her Scottish accent as tough but tender Sheriff Kerry, asserting her jurisdictional rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
His mother stays out of the arguments as much as she can, but when pressed she agrees with her husband, while at the same time quietly asserting that it should really be Bailey’s decision.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
