Example Sentences

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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

Every dog in the world does almost the same thing in similar circumstances, and I am asserting nothing but what any one can verify for himself.

From Emile by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques