How to Use assert in a Sentence

assert

verb
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  • He asserted that there were spies in the government.
  • The boss was reluctant to assert his authority over his employees.
  • She asserted her independence from her parents by getting her own apartment.
  • The June 23 lawsuit asserts that Torstrom knew King in high school.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2023
  • From the opening bell, Joshua looked to assert himself on the sport’s newcomer.
    — Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The complaint then asserts that the nurse failed to record the encounter in the jail medical file for several days.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Kimmel asserted that Pugh’s mom once got high with Snoop Dogg, which turned out to be true.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But once the novelty fades, some of the problems begin to assert themselves.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2023
  • There are many other ways to assert your control that are far less abusive.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
  • And with our epochal rains, some of these old bodies have risen to assert themselves again, which sounds like something out of H.P. Lovecraft.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
  • For Michael, the simple act of walking was critical to asserting a right to the city and to the formation of a democratic one.
    — Curbed, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The parties have also clashed on other claims asserted in the complaint.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • This type of learning has its advantages, the researchers assert.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The memory loss, the lawsuit asserts, may have been the result of extensive drug use or due to head injuries caused by Diddy.
    — Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Murray began to assert himself in the third quarter following a slow start.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Perez asserted that Majors then began grabbing the right side of Jabbari’s body and prying her finger off the phone to retrieve it.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The $1,000 maximum is also per lawsuit, not per incident as the claim asserts.
    — Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
  • On Friday, lawyers for the D.A.'s office were trying to find their own expert witnesses who would be able to counter what the Trump lawyers have asserted, according to the source.
    — Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • David Lane, a sociologist, asserts that a putsch is led by elites, but elites who are not currently close to power.
    — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 July 2023
  • So Trump's effort was to try to get Pence to assert his authority and basically spike the electoral votes in states that Trump was protesting.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
  • And there is a wonderful feeling that all’s right with the world when the women finally begin to break free of their male domination and to assert themselves.
    — Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Yet God created the world and set it in motion, Maimonides asserts, and everything in it depends on God for its existence.
    — Randy L. Friedman, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
  • As the quarter progressed, River Hill continued to assert its will, attacking down low, while the Lightning struggled to find open shots.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024
  • This allows the Times to assert that the chatbot is cutting into the market for its work, a factor that judges have sometimes considered to reject a fair-use defense.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Graham and the observers asserted that would include the election center’s equipment.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
  • The American Kennel Club asserts that plain, unsweetened yogurt is perfectly safe for dogs to eat.
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 24 July 2023
  • But buyers assert costs are to be borne by Phillip Sylvester, Cox’s former business partner who bankrolled the Grove property purchases.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Lawyers for the state had asserted in court papers that the use of nitrogen gas, pumped into a mask, would render Mr. Smith unconscious within seconds and then kill him.
    — Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Trying to use humiliation as a tool to assert your manhood and leadership as the head of household is pretty lame.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 6 July 2023
  • Ano said the Filipino pilots dismissed the message and in turn routinely asserted Philippine sovereign rights and control over the area.
    — Jim Gomez, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023

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