asseveration

Example Sentences

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John indeed follows up his statement of what he saw with an unusually strong asseveration that what he says is true.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Dods, Marcus

He defends himself, by the most solemn asseveration, against the charge that what he had seen was an illusion of the senses.

From A Literary History of the Arabs by Nicholson, Reynold

Then, as though her asseveration had slightly mollified her, she added: "Or if I do——" and, then paused.

From A Modern Wizard by Ottolengui, Rodrigues

The brethren raised their hands in solemn asseveration and, like a pillar of sacred sacrificial incense, the steamy cloud from thirty throats rose to Heaven in one united breath, "We swear it!"

From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

If Hubert was stung by this asseveration, he did not show it.

From A Life Sentence A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline