assert
verb (used with object)
to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver.
am asserting
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present progressiveof assert (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
I am asserting to you that the militia phenomenon should be regarded as a mass movement.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2016
When I wear the shirts in Brooklyn, I am asserting a reverse geographical snobbery.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2011
I’m not suggesting that spending did or didn’t reduce unemployment; I am asserting that we can’t tell anything with any degree of certainty.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2010
I am asserting it could have been made just as well.
From Time Magazine Archive
But lest anyone should imagine that I am asserting things that happen according to the necessity of fate, because I have said that things are foreknown, I proceed to refute that opinion also.
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Robert Wallace
