Get to know Assert better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like insist or bear.
Assert in a sentence
Related words
Assert meaning
- To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
- To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
- To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
Synonyms of Assert
Using Assert
- The main meaning on this page is: To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively. | To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of. | To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
- Useful related words include: insist, bear, acquit, behave.
- In the example corpus, assert often appears in combinations such as: to assert, assert that, assert its.
Context around Assert
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Assert
- In this selection, "assert" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, plaintiffs, allegations, online, himself, socrates and ansary stand out and add context to how "assert" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include those that assert that the and allegations assert ansary redirected. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "assert" sits close to words such as assumes, authenticity and calculation, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with assert
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Broadbent: Struggled to assert himself in first half. (8 words)
But the oligarchs of a republican state cannot assert property rights. (11 words)
But placing the query to queers does assert its own precise complications. (12 words)
Arguments can be made for quarterbacks like Tom Brady and Joe Montana, but when it came time for a football player to assert himself and make a statement every time he touched the ball, nobody could come close to what Brown did in his 9-year career. (47 words)
According to an amended complaint filed in September 2023, Dyson voids the warranty of customers who try to repair their vacuums on their own before sending them in for service, which the plaintiffs assert is illegal under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. (42 words)
Facts about someone’s life, as ideas to draw inspiration from, are not copyrightable and the person may assert copyright only in their particular expression of those facts if it is fixed in a tangible medium with a minimum degree of creativity. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
In the latter case there is a further division into those that assert that the people transfer their sovereignty to the sovereign (Hobbes), and those that assert that the people retain their sovereignty (Rousseau).
So, not to assert that Socrates is mortal but to assert Socrates may be mortal with some probability value.
According to an amended complaint filed in September 2023, Dyson voids the warranty of customers who try to repair their vacuums on their own before sending them in for service, which the plaintiffs assert is illegal under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.
Allegations assert Ansary redirected funds for private jet travel, questionable payments to associates, and donations to US conservative causes, leading to a legal battle aiming to reclaim hundreds of millions owed to Ennia.
Arguments can be made for quarterbacks like Tom Brady and Joe Montana, but when it came time for a football player to assert himself and make a statement every time he touched the ball, nobody could come close to what Brown did in his 9-year career.
As long as both entities claim to be the legitimate government of all of China then Beijing can assert that it has the right to unite Taiwan with the mainland—by force, if necessary.
As self-described girls online assert ownership of Pilates and iced lattes as well as “Ulysses,” irritable bowel syndrome, so-called girl culture might just be the ruling order.
Based on this, one can then assert that the elections are upon us.
Broadbent: Struggled to assert himself in first half.
But placing the query to queers does assert its own precise complications.
But the oligarchs of a republican state cannot assert property rights.
By understanding the intricacies of legal processes, individuals can confidently engage with the legal system and assert their rights.
Cherrington said even if First Nations assert their autonomy over the handling of child welfare, government still have a role to play by ensuring those systems receive funding assistance and help with capacity.
China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has ramped up military pressure in the past three years to try to assert its sovereignty claim.
Critics assert that Ladapo’s crusade against mRNA vaccines for kids has contributed to a drop in overall childhood immunization in the state.
DeSantis spokesman Andrew Romeo said it was “totally false” to assert that DeSantis coordinated any campaign strategy with the super PAC.
Despite police claims of a successful rescue, the victims assert that it was their family members who paid the ransom, and security agencies were not involved in their release.
Despite several pieces of evidence pointing otherwise, Trump continues to assert his innocence in all the cases, calling them politically charged.
Even if it did, he said in the interview, it was a stretch for Reddit to assert that he had been profiting from a community by posting links to his book.
Facts about someone’s life, as ideas to draw inspiration from, are not copyrightable and the person may assert copyright only in their particular expression of those facts if it is fixed in a tangible medium with a minimum degree of creativity.
Common combinations with assert
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: