How to use "assert" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "assert" in popular movie and book plots

  • Gentle Harold tries to avoid conflict with his parents while Gwen tenderly encourages him to assert his claim to an equal share of the ranch.  - Track of the Cat
  • Nikos, Bartolomeo soon discovers, knew about Bartolomeo's involvement and used it to his advantage and assert himself as captain.  - Ship of Fools (Russo novel)
  • To Hunt's dismay, the PAX leaders assert their pacifist nature and intentions.  - Genesis II (film)
  • They assert that the job will earn them all, a large sum of money for very little risk.  - Jesse James (1939 film)
  • But Sisko and Major Kira assert that since the station actually belongs to the Bajoran people, the Bajorans have jurisdiction.  - Dax (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
  • The detectives assert that Martin and Susan were working together to allow Martin to steal a toy.  - Twisted Nerve
  • However, Toofan's principal aims are to assert his father's innocence and avenge his father's death.  - Toofan (1989 film)
  • Both of his friends assert that the intensity of the emergency was such that they hadn't had time to listen to them.  - The Tholian Web
  • Thirteen years have passed since the Reckoners appeared, and civilization is once more attempting to assert itself in small, isolated pockets.  - Deadlands: Hell on Earth
  • They assert that there is a need for a practical document that distills the means to a spiritual life.  - Bhagavata Purana
  • After being bailed out by Limbaugh later that day, Brian continues to assert his conservatism.  - Excellence in Broadcasting
  • As everyone else is hurrying to assert that they would of course not inform, Shatov gets up and leaves, followed by Stavrogin and Kirillov.  - Demons (Dostoyevsky novel)
  • The idea of determinism is explored—as it is in many of his previous works—to assert that people really have no free will.  - Timequake
  • They assert that they do not see him as a white man, but as a Sioux warrior called Dances With Wolves.  - Dances with Wolves
  • However some others assert that, in such actions, Tresckow had to act out of principle to continue with his coup plans.  - 20 July plot
  • The Emperor feels the need to assert his own authority over the Black Ghoul.  - Orgy of the Dead

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