How to Use assurance in a Sentence

assurance

noun
  • They lent us the money with the assurance that they would be repaid soon.
  • He has the assurance of continued support from his boss.
  • She gave him every assurance that she would be there when he returned.
  • He spoke with quiet assurance about his future plans.
  • That assurance was enough to get the bill written and through the House.
    Richard Rubin, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2021
  • The man guides the pigs home with utter assurance and panache.
    New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
  • And - and there is no assurance that - that Putin will stop with Ukraine.
    CBS News, 19 May 2024
  • The tone of the film allows no easy assurance that things will work out.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The assurance of a meal as part of every school day changed his life, Moses says.
    Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Jan. 2022
  • And that gave me the kind of assurance that everything was going to be OK on the work front.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2022
  • This was true, at least, for me: beyond the assurances of health care and a steady salary, working in tech kept me in the world.
    Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The assurance of a .500-or-better conference record for the first time in four years.
    Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Kay Ivey doesn’t need the false assurance of a pistol in her pocket.
    al, 18 May 2022
  • Guard Mark Sears, a transfer from Ohio, spoke to that self-assurance.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 12 Dec. 2022
  • At the end of the day, that's what everyone has to do in order to survive: have self-assurance.
    Katherine Turman, EW.com, 29 July 2022
  • If the bank confirms your daughter will have access in the event of your death, ask that the assurance be put in writing.
    Liz Weston, oregonlive, 2 Jan. 2022
  • But having the guts to sell the world on a 10-minute ballad about a scarf feels like the product of assurance that only comes with age.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Still, with the Paramount board open to offers, and NAI also in play, there is no assurance that the three will be long-lived in their roles.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
  • The media’s job, in this moment, is not to raise alarms or offer assurances.
    Kyle Paoletta, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
  • Besides, there’s no assurance even Johnson County will have the cash to do it again.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
  • In terms of wielding power on this episode, no one is doing it with the cool assurance and bravado of Josh.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Enjoy the assurance that comes with having clean clothes.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Somehow, at the time, Sheila felt that Andrea had the power to offer this assurance.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • It was approved with Collier’s assurance that the only ROC zone in the area wouldn’t allow cannabis.
    Brady Williams, The Enquirer, 11 July 2024
  • The Mustang does not do mountain corners with the assurance of some upper-end sports cars, and it’s not supposed to.
    Josh Max, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The High Court has now given them three weeks to provide further assurances.
    Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
  • For parents, it can be seen as another layer of assurance their child will be safe on the field.
    Jeremy Redmon, ajc, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The Cowboys and Prescott can each build toward 2022 success with long-term assurance.
    Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Staffers, though, want full assurance that Pappas will not be shuttered and that their patients will not be displaced.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The younger Grohl eased into a hypnotic version of the now classic tune with an assurance that belied her age.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025

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