Someone who overhears a conversation cannot complain should the speaker's assertion turn out false (see Hinchman's 2005 distinction between telling and asserting).
Belief, acceptance, and assertion have a point: when we believe and assert, what we aim at is believing and asserting what is the case or, equivalently, the truth.
Gyllenhaal is good at subverting expectations and asserting control.
What about immigrants taking responsibility and asserting their own claims?
Asserting the facts and asserting your privilege grow increasingly difficult to distinguish.
"Each language has its own way of describing and asserting human experience.
(There is film of a demanding Mr. Koolhaas, however, negotiating and asserting his will).
It is standing up to Iraq's assorted militias and asserting its independence from both America and Iran.
The core of the story is the difficulty faced by a black man in developing and asserting his identity.
Similarly, allowing "refute" to mean "deny" obscures the distinction between proving and asserting that a claim is false.
Truly understanding and asserting your will when the body is gone is as monumentally daunting as climbing Mount Everest.
