Sentence examples for assert a point from inspiring English sources

FORECASTS involving climate change are highly uncertain, denialists assert — a point that climate researchers themselves readily concede.

For instance, Thirlwell likes to build an argument or assert a point, then suddenly contradict himself (though oddly enough he deprecates Dostoevsky, whose Underground Man is the master of this technique).

He called Samson's language a "paradoxical assertion," where a person asserts a point in one part of a statement and then negates it in another.

As Judy Chu, a Chinese American and former mayor of Monterey Park, Calif., which is heavily Asian, observes: "Taking a lot of risks and a lot of criticism, asserting a point of view and talking about yourself -- that is not in the Asian nature". Their diversity further complicates the role of Asian Americans in politics.

Failing to assert a strong point of view.

Helena, published in 1950, is a novel about the mother of Constantine the Great, in which Waugh re-created one moment in Christian history to assert a particular theological point.

Later in the day, a Bulger associate, Stephen Flemmi, took the stand for just a few minutes, but it was long enough for him to assert a couple of points devastating to the defense.

Being authentically curious can take practice and rewiring: you have to accept the idea that others may be as smart as you, and suspend (good!) habits like asserting a strong point of view.

But in the new poll, conducted Monday through Wednesday of this week, Clinton has asserted a 14-point lead among this previously Trump-friendly group, 46-32.

The answer is no, and I can honestly maintain that I'm asserting not a point of personal preference here but a literary imperative.

But late Thursday night, the White House legal office issued supplementary talking points to assert a more specific legal justification.