How to Use assertion in a Sentence

assertion

noun

• That assertion appears to be the main thrust of his defense.
  — New York Times, 20 May 2021
• My host’s assertion about the staff proved to be correct.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 30 Jan. 2023
• Recent events have put that blunt assertion to the test.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Oct. 2022
• The low-key Sanders bristles a little at the assertion.
  — Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2023
• The source for their assertion was a study conducted by the Army Corps.
  — Geoff Dembicki, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2023
• If that assertion was true, this essay would be very short.
  — Christof Koch, Scientific American, 8 May 2018
• Here’s a look at the context around some of the president’s assertions.
  — Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com, 3 Aug. 2019
• There is no evidence to back up this assertion once again.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2022
• That's the assertion being made in courtrooms across the country, at least.
  — Nico Lang, Marie Claire, 7 June 2017
• 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
• De Armas is not alone in her assertion that the role should continue to be male.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 20 July 2022
• Penske’s public assertion over the weekend was merely an end to beating around the bush.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2020
• This assertion contrasts sharply with our Founders’ views of free speech.
  — WSJ, 2 Nov. 2020
• Shaw disputes the police's assertion that Stallings tried to pull the suspect away.
  — Konstantin Toropin and Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 8 Oct. 2020
• Her assertion indicates a chasm in thought that leaves me baffled.
  — WSJ, 3 Dec. 2020
• But others have been critical of the assertions made by Brazile.
  — The Tylt, cleveland.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• The fundamental assertion here is that Biden wants to ban school choice.
  — Eric Litke, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2020
• 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
• Today that looks more like a wish than an assertion of objective fact.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
• There are plenty of ugly numbers to choose from to support that assertion.
  — Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2021
• Democrats pushed back on the assertion that Hurd is a foil to Trump, however.
  — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 22 June 2023
• But that’s just with regard to the assertion that AI sentience is here.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
• This assertion has sparked one of the biggest tongue-biter controversies of all.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 July 2021
• There was no evidence to support this assertion three short weeks ago.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2020
• When pressed for the source of an assertion, AI sometimes cops to making things up.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 12 Aug. 2023
• This assertion of balance and even-handedness should have come as a surprise to no one.
  — Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2023
• To those who’ve known Abel the longest, this sort of brash assertion hardly comes as a surprise.
  — oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2021
• Three home games is too small a sample size to really challenge that assertion.
  — Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 26 Oct. 2017
• Loesch, for a long time, could make those assertions unimpeded.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2018
• But this is not really about how ridiculous his assertion is.
  — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2017

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024