asserts

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“There’s no need to say much,” she asserts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Harron asserts that Solanas’ actions were not the result of a brief, blind rage, but of a chronic discontent — a state of mind that looks all the more familiar two decades later.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

“The Los Angeles that asserts itself from the shadows of that spectacle, a concept that sharpens this contrast between how the dream factory depicts it, and the reality of life within the actual place.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Sotomayor, who is clearly sympathetic to Reed’s argument, asserts that it has never been given fair consideration.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

If this really is a police apparatus, here; if it’s what it asserts itself to be.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick