Sentence examples for by assertion from inspiring English sources

"Science by assertion is merely pseudo-science".

"Herman Kahn depends too much on what I call proof by assertion.

They were the casualties of an assiduous urge to communicate by assertion.

So, during his debate with Ryan, he delivered not just ripostes and talking points but a palpable confidence that the congressman's proposals are unpopular, extreme, lack critical detail, and constitute an argument by assertion, a kind of young man's bluff.

If you don't know Atticus as a hero — and in this book you really don't, except by assertion — why would you care that he seems to defect to villainy, however well he defends it?

since on by assertion (ii).

It presents life as violent and corrupt, redeemable only by assertions of style.

China, which had been informed in advance about the impending legislation, countered Vietnamese actions by assertions of its own sovereignty.

That brought accusations of censorship, countered by assertions that inappropriate photographs had no place at a high school.

Judge Weinstein's decision said he was not persuaded by assertions by city officials that they do not have a policy of removing children from abused mothers.

Wind advocates, stung by assertions that their industry depends on federal largesse, point out that fossil fuels and nuclear power receive subsidies and tax breaks as well.