Sentence examples for affirm rather from inspiring English sources
(Witnesses and officials can opt to make an affirmation rather than take an oath; the affirmation omits reference to God and uses the words "I affirm" rather than "I swear".
They usually affirm rather than swear oaths.
Our novels affirm rather than challenge our sense of ourselves in the world.
She and Rob found much to support their gut impulse to affirm rather than repress their son's unconventional gender expression.
Also Korngoldesque are the glinting dissonances that affirm rather than undermine the diatonic harmony, as if putting floodlights on the chords.
Unlike Hoover – who had observed the Quaker ban on oaths by using the words "I affirm" rather than "I swear" in the presidential – Nixon used the words "I swear".
True, Franklin Pierce affirmed rather than swore.
That means any close calls go in favor of affirming, rather than overturning, the conviction.
The president has asserted that gay parenting is something to be affirmed, rather than denigrated.
And most foreseeable development in the area affirms rather than punishes our reliance on cars.
The point is, are there ways to combine science with meanings that would be affirming rather than threatening to people?
