Sentence examples for form of an assertion from inspiring English sources

Zuckerman's remark, though it comes in the form of an assertion, is in actuality further conjecture.

In particular there should, when dealing with little children, be a ban on "tag questions": questions put in the form of an assertion, with "isn't it?" or "didn't he?" tagged onto the end of them.

The nihilistic answer might take the form of an assertion that reality is an amorphous chaos and all daos impose an illusory or unreal social structure on Chaos.

Similarly, Ted Cruz's ridiculous claim this weekend that the Colorado Planned Parenthood shooter was most likely a trans-gendered, left wing activist (Um, no and no), the point of which was simply to communicate "I hate transgender people and leftists," while dressed up in the form of a factual assertion.

"Choosing their own wife is a form of self-assertion, a way of exploring their manhood and of experiencing true love," says Mr Oto.

What you then take to the kitchen is not just a vegetable, it's a form of self-expression, an assertion of personal liberty.

Even a recreational fad becomes a form of self-assertion for a rising class or age group.

If we take the general form of assertion to be an informative identity to be "an identity of denotation in diversity of intension"—then the problem is solved.

Subclass axioms do not always take the form of simple assertions of a subclass relation between two named classes, but may involve more complex class expressions as well.

For Hubert, being a man is a form of self-assertion.

This self-mockery could turn into masochism, but somehow it never does, in part because the sharpness of the jokes is itself a form of self-assertion.