Sentence examples for a popular assertion from inspiring English sources
The Latin maxim "Ignoramus et ignorabimus" means "We do not know and will not know". It represented a popular assertion in the 19th century about the limits of scientific knowledge and was heretical to mathematician David Hilbert.
In 1934, Pond wrote an article challenging the popular assertion that the Home Insurance Building was the first steel-framed skyscraper.
The Taliban's own attempts to regain power rest on a negation of pluralism, rejection of a popular mandate, and assertion of the divine right vested in their Islamic emirate.
Clearly that would be a controversial assertion, Pendleton being a popular part of the enormous success enjoyed by British cycling, a nine-times world champion who won gold medals at two Olympics.
Neither was it clear whether Russian diplomatic efforts could push Mr. Assad to a compromise, considering his repeated assertions that he is battling terrorism, not a popular uprising.
A popular slogan in Aldous Huxley's futuristic satire "Brave New World" was the perky assertion "Everyone belongs to everyone".
ACCURACY The ad's assertion that Freddie Mac helped cause the housing crisis is a popular charge among small-government Tea Party conservatives.
This is a popular belief throughout history and even today; listen to Bill O'Reilly's attack on my assertion that Jesus didn't start a new religion.
Noting the assertion that full-spectrum lighting is more attractive to restaurant guests, the authors changed the lamps in the main dining room of a popular casual dining restaurant.
