How to Use assertion in a Sentence

assertion

noun
  • My host’s assertion about the staff proved to be correct.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The source for their assertion was a study conducted by the Army Corps.
    Geoff Dembicki, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2023
  • That assertion appears to be the main thrust of his defense.
    New York Times, 20 May 2021
  • The low-key Sanders bristles a little at the assertion.
    Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Recent events have put that blunt assertion to the test.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Matt Nagy’s assertion that his team is ‘just OK right now’ is _____.
    Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2020
  • The City’s assertions are baseless,’’ the union’s complaint says.
    oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Democrats pushed back on the assertion that Hurd is a foil to Trump, however.
    Isabella Murray, ABC News, 22 June 2023
  • Madonna’s assertion drew cheers from the crowd in Vegas, but the tweet did not go over quite as well.
    Dan Sweeney, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • But that’s just with regard to the assertion that AI sentience is here.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • When pressed for the source of an assertion, AI sometimes cops to making things up.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Here’s a look at the context around some of the president’s assertions.
    Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com, 3 Aug. 2019
  • That's the assertion being made in courtrooms across the country, at least.
    Nico Lang, Marie Claire, 7 June 2017
  • Shaw disputes the police's assertion that Stallings tried to pull the suspect away.
    Konstantin Toropin and Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 8 Oct. 2020
  • This assertion contrasts sharply with our Founders’ views of free speech.
    WSJ, 2 Nov. 2020
  • To those who’ve known Abel the longest, this sort of brash assertion hardly comes as a surprise.
    oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Mr Guo’s assertions do not seem to have damaged Mr Wang.
    The Economist, 20 July 2017
  • As for crowd size at Trump's events, the president's assertion isn't even close.
    Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Pulling out of Paris was part of Trump’s campaign rhetoric, along with his assertions that climate change was a hoax.
    IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
  • If that assertion was true, this essay would be very short.
    Christof Koch, Scientific American, 8 May 2018
  • Coming from her, this assertion is a bit rich—and Schreck knows it, laughing at her own words.
    David Kamp, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The state’s own data, in part, counters Miller’s assertions of progress.
    Emily Hopkins, ProPublica, 3 Apr. 2023
  • De Armas is not alone in her assertion that the role should continue to be male.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 20 July 2022
  • Trump, who claimed last year to have $400 million in cash, could put it up himself if his assertion is true.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
  • In this era, plenty of people echo Arthur’s assertion, that free hours become a waste of time.
    Livia Gershon, Longreads, 11 July 2018
  • On one day, the group was tickled to hear Ross’s assertion that Ireland has more cows than people.
    Victor Blue, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The fact that there is no such law did not stop the president from repeating his assertion half a dozen times.
    Nancy Cordes, CBS News, 15 June 2018
  • Penske’s public assertion over the weekend was merely an end to beating around the bush.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2020
  • But the fact that the money cannot be publicly traced highlights the difficulty of putting such assertions to the test.
    Brian Slodysko, ajc, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The fundamental assertion here is that Biden wants to ban school choice.
    Eric Litke, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2020

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