assure
Example Sentences
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Time is short and victory far from assured as the economy falters and the population ages, but change did start to happen this year.
“From my living-room window as I write,” she assures her readers, “I can look out across the broad front lawns of our farm… like a lovely picture postcard of wintry New England.”
From Salon
“For some reason he thinks I don’t know what I’m doing. I said, ‘Michael, I can assure you I know exactly what I’m doing.’”
Doug feverishly bangs out a script and Griff, who plans to star in the remake, calls it “a masterpiece,” though the demented glint in Mr. Black’s eyes assures us it’s anything but.
“I’m in a much better place now,” he nervously assures us.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
