How to Use affirmation in a Sentence

affirmation

noun

• That’s a sign that words of affirmation may matter more to them.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
• Each product is sent with an affirmation to uplift and add light to your day.
  — Noel Cody, Essence, 11 Mar. 2021
• Each picture is an affirmation, and a hope for a golden life to come.
  — Washington Post, 25 June 2021
• To be human is to be needy, and to seek affirmation and solace.
  — Lucinda Rosenfeld, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
• There’s been a lot of positive talk, a lot of affirmations with me and her.
  — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
• Keighley said much of the feedback was affirmation for him and his team.
  — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2020
• Water in the desert is life, and coming to the lake to swim and boat and fish is an affirmation.
  — Aaron Gulley, Outside Online, 17 May 2018
• That affirmation of the Biden rule would come back to bite the Democrats.
  — Ilya Shapiro, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2020
• Even on social media, you don’t get paid for posts — you get paid in likes, in affirmations.
  — Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
• To get to that affirmation, though, social media users might have to cut through a fair amount of noise.
  — Elissa Strauss, CNN, 13 Sep. 2021
• Some cars passing by honked their horns in affirmation of the group’s actions.
  — David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
• The kids slapped hands with passing motorists, who honked their horns in affirmation.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 2 June 2021
• For the least bullish strategist tracked by Bloomberg, the episode has been an affirmation of sorts.
  — Sarah Ponczek, Bloomberg.com, 22 Feb. 2018
• On the one hand, this is a great affirmation of just how effective the vaccines are.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 14 May 2021
• Wilson saw that video on the way to the bus, and simply nodded in affirmation.
  — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 2 June 2025
• But her words were a refreshing affirmation that my results are not the end-all.
  — Nicole Ellis, Washington Post, 2 May 2018
• But there’s no visual affirmation in the form of flashbacks.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
• Show your love with words of affirmation and a gift through this sweet piece of jewelry with a message.
  — Vanessa Powell, Men's Health, 6 Sep. 2022
• Does your child prefer words of affirmation?
  — Gail Cornwall, Parents, 1 Apr. 2026
• That kind of affirmation becomes fuel for your people not just to stay in the game but to put points on the board.
  — Mark Nevins, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
• Wrestling in the 140 weight class, wins were hard to come by, and affirmation even rarer.
  — Katherine Fitzgerald, azcentral, 12 Apr. 2018
• For many in the room, this was the culmination of their wildest dreams; the affirmation of their life’s work.
  — Danielle C. Belton, The Root, 31 May 2018
• The cheers and chants part of Freedom School is about affirmation.
  — al, 27 July 2021
• When a single hand jabs the air in affirmation, Elliott smiles.
  — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• Gene made the decision strictly on visual affirmation that the ball made the line to gain.
  — Clarence E. Hill Jr., star-telegram, 21 Dec. 2017
• The very act of telling the story of someone like Bobby feels like an act of affirmation.
  — Alex Kotlowitz, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024
• But compassion is not the same as affirmation.
  — Nicole Kraft, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
• In any case, this is a huge and spectacular affirmation for folks who have had precious few of them through the decades.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2021
• That happens through predictable acts of self-respect, rather than just affirmations.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
• The decision was a nice affirmation that style can come at many different price points.
  — Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2026