asseveration

Example Sentences

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But although the theologian heaps up protestation upon asseveration until the mass attains an imposing size, the whole is not of more substantial value than a huge bubble blown by an energetic school boy.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas

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

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

From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh

"Did you ever read such a childish, ridiculous, extravagant asseveration?" he demanded.

From The Haunted Pajamas by Elliott, Francis Perry

If Hubert was stung by this asseveration, he did not show it.

From A Life Sentence A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline