assert

Example Sentences

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"By denying them their right to vote, one takes away one of their fundamental rights, and one that is hugely meaningful to them and allows them to assert their voice."

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Indiana can add the third-best center in the draft early here and get a physical player who can create space on the floor as long as she can assert herself in the post.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

It deployed early-warning radar systems and built weather stations to assert sovereignty and get reliable forecasts for military operations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Doctors who use speech to harm their patients “can now assert a First Amendment right to carry on, regardless of these standards.”

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

I know poetry is not dead, nor genius lost; nor has Mammon gained power over either, to bind or slay: they will both assert their existence, their presence, their liberty and strength again one day.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë