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Meanings of asserting in anglès

Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration.

Usage of asserting in anglès
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Yet asserting the need for a solution did not reveal its nature.
Year's best sf 15
2
Circumstances have changed and the case for asserting our rights has weakened.
The new yorker
3
We need to enunciate our agenda by asserting our right to self-determination.
Feminist dot com
4
With Obama's asserting executive privilege, however, that's become a lot less likely.
Wired
5
Whatever Naeem said about Ibrahim asserting his Afghan manhood, that was wrong.
The way of the world
6
Just missed shots, Harden told reporters while asserting fatigue isn't an issue.
Reuters
7
The impossibility of asserting himself in any manner galled his very soul.
The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
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Ben-Hur was actually asserting a claim upon him for his own sake.
Ben-Hur
9
And through it all the weariness was asserting itself more and more.
Love of Life, and Other Stories
10
Thus we see the natural-magic tendency of the human mind asserting itself.
Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning
11
Then her breathing steadied, and I could feel her asserting control again.
Small favor
12
Her self-asserting manner had vanished; she was quiet, she was even humble.
The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story
13
The tyranny of love was their one chance of asserting their power.
The Collection of Antiquities
14
The normal facile ability of her kind to vocalize was asserting itself.
The Valley of Horses
15
In society they not only disliked asserting themselves, but were actually retiring.
The Idiot
16
He looked at Kate, but she exhibited no interest in asserting herself.
The bricklayer
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Asserting through the time
Asserting across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common