asseveration

Example Sentences

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Stepping nearer, I bent down by the side of the young girl; and as soon as her silence gave me an opportunity of being heard, repeated my asseveration.

From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne

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

No; not from this moment," said Mr. Merridew, characteristically seeking to justify his former asseveration, "when not for a single moment have I ceased to bless him for preserving my darling's life.

From Denis Dent A Novel by Hornung, Ernest W.

I venture to add, with all possible energy of asseveration, that I did that thing, Nim.

From Quodlibet by Kennedy, John Pendleton

"There can't nobody live in peace in them two blocks, Judge, your Honour," came the heated asseveration of the man in the witness chair.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville