How to Use reassert in a Sentence

reassert

verb

• The franchise quarterback had to feel the need to reassert himself.
  — Dallas News, 24 Oct. 2022
• On Sunday, the Tony Awards will try to reassert normalcy in 2022.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 June 2022
• Of course, Tomas feels the urge to reassert his primacy in Martin’s life as a result.
  — Vulture, 17 Oct. 2023
• To Flores, the rush to comply seemed to betray a willingness on the part of the White House to reassert tough measures at the border.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2022
• For any autocrat, this is a strange way to reassert control.
  — Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, Foreign Affairs, 6 July 2023
• The actor stepped out at the 2023 Golden Globes with a jaunty haircut that helped reassert his status as—well, that guy.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2023
• For much of his rule, Xi has worked to reassert the power of the state and party, which had somewhat receded during the decades of reform.
  — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 15 Nov. 2021
• For Republicans, a win by Mr. Walker would reassert the state’s red streak despite a blue surge two years ago.
  — Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2022
• As the gap between the Wildcats and the rest of the league shrinks, this weekend presents an opportunity to reassert the programs spot at the top of the league pecking order.
  — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 10 Mar. 2022
• The gun lobby never accepted any of that and soon reasserted its control of the state Capitol.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
• Can the Mavericks recapture their LA vibe and reassert control of the series?
  — Dallas News, 2 June 2021
• In its aftermath, the spending dynamics that were in place last month might well reassert themselves.
  — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2021
• President Biden came to office last year vowing to reassert U.S. leadership on the world stage.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 10 June 2022
• And that's actually an opening for the United States to reassert that kind of moral leadership.
  — ABC News, 21 Mar. 2021
• And to describe a thing can be to reassert its reality in the face of inflated claims and false preconceptions.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
• Even the choice of location could be read as a rebuke to the Kremlin, as Putin seeks to reassert Moscow’s former dominance over its neighbors.
  — Michael Crowley, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
• Amid the political chaos, violent groups on the left and right are deploying force to reassert their power.
  — Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 30 May 2022
• Baker-Mazara then hit a 3-pointer with 4:13 remaining to reassert Auburn’s control.
  — Justin Ferguson, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024
• Their exchange comes as Xi looks to reassert China’s global influence at the summit in the island of Bali after a nearly three-year absence from the world stage.
  — Tara John, CNN, 16 Nov. 2022
• But the role of Russian peacekeepers will most likely wane as Azerbaijan reasserts its control over the region.
  — Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• Real is unlikely to face any troubles but will want to reassert its dominance.
  — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• But by the beginning of this year, Mr. Prigozhin’s adversaries in the Ministry of Defense began reasserting their power.
  — Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 27 June 2023
• They are united in their need to act firmly, to reassert Israel’s deterrent power, and to avenge what appear to be hundreds of acts of cold-blooded murder.
  — TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
• With this launch, Philo reasserted her position as one of the most talented designers of our time.
  — Shelcy Joseph, Essence, 1 Nov. 2023
• China lost both of these armed conflicts, allowing Britain to reassert its dominance in the trading arena.
  — Charlene Wang De Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023
• That what Putin is about, is reasserting that old Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe.
  — ABC News, 19 Mar. 2023
• Biden pledged in his 2020 campaign to reassert America’s leadership in the global arena.
  — Time, 16 Nov. 2022
• The xtra tingly sauce has slightly more longevity in terms of heat, but the acidic, gingery undertones eventually reassert their dominance.
  — Megan Wahn, Bon Appétit, 30 Oct. 2023
• For now, however, the Supreme Court has reasserted the courts’ authority and once again rejected a Southern state’s attempts to defy it.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 28 Sep. 2023
• A little bit of sunshine here and there helped push temperatures to the high end of forecast before clouds reasserted themselves this afternoon.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024