How to Use assertion in a Sentence

assertion

noun

• This was a strong assertion of modern Grand Seiko branding onto a loose homage to the original.
  — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2024
• The assertion made is that this could materially aid a student in learning about writing and how writing can take place.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
• The mayor made this assertion without presenting any evidence.
  — Shafaq Patel, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
• Fourth, the defendants could assert that some of Hamby’s assertions fail to describe unlawful facts or injuries the law ought to protect.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2024
• The intrigue: The mainstream media industry is already fighting assertions of bias.
  — Sara Fischer, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
• Their reconnection formed the basis of Funkmaster Flex’s recent assertions.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2024
• View in new tab Gould said Way has lived in Arizona for 15 years, an assertion backed up by tax records, work history, and his voter-registration record.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2024
• My host’s assertion about the staff proved to be correct.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 30 Jan. 2023
• The source for their assertion was a study conducted by the Army Corps.
  — Geoff Dembicki, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2023
• That assertion appears to be the main thrust of his defense.
  — New York Times, 20 May 2021
• The low-key Sanders bristles a little at the assertion.
  — Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2023
• Recent events have put that blunt assertion to the test.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Oct. 2022
• Matt Nagy’s assertion that his team is ‘just OK right now’ is _____.
  — Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2020
• The City’s assertions are baseless,’’ the union’s complaint says.
  — oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2020
• Democrats pushed back on the assertion that Hurd is a foil to Trump, however.
  — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 22 June 2023
• Madonna’s assertion drew cheers from the crowd in Vegas, but the tweet did not go over quite as well.
  — Dan Sweeney, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• But that’s just with regard to the assertion that AI sentience is here.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
• When pressed for the source of an assertion, AI sometimes cops to making things up.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 12 Aug. 2023
• Here’s a look at the context around some of the president’s assertions.
  — Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com, 3 Aug. 2019
• That's the assertion being made in courtrooms across the country, at least.
  — Nico Lang, Marie Claire, 7 June 2017
• Shaw disputes the police's assertion that Stallings tried to pull the suspect away.
  — Konstantin Toropin and Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 8 Oct. 2020
• This assertion contrasts sharply with our Founders’ views of free speech.
  — WSJ, 2 Nov. 2020
• To those who’ve known Abel the longest, this sort of brash assertion hardly comes as a surprise.
  — oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2021
• Mr Guo’s assertions do not seem to have damaged Mr Wang.
  — The Economist, 20 July 2017
• As for crowd size at Trump's events, the president's assertion isn't even close.
  — Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2020
• We’re told that there’s no truth to the assertion, and that no casting attachments have been made.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 June 2024
• Pulling out of Paris was part of Trump’s campaign rhetoric, along with his assertions that climate change was a hoax.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
• If that assertion was true, this essay would be very short.
  — Christof Koch, Scientific American, 8 May 2018
• Coming from her, this assertion is a bit rich—and Schreck knows it, laughing at her own words.
  — David Kamp, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2020
• This assertion of white Christian entitlement and chosen-ness is toxic to the values of pluralism and equality on which democracy depends.
  — Robert P. Jones, TIME, 10 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Sep 2024