Sentence examples for startling assertion from inspiring English sources

But Carens makes a startling assertion toward the end of his book.

This startling assertion prompts me to comment that MacInnes bears a passing resemblance to Bruce Willis.

Aslam makes the startling assertion that he has "11 more novels to write" – all already mapped out.

It was a startling assertion for the leader of a communist country, where crackdowns on dissidents in the past had drawn sharp Vatican criticism.

When the defense lawyers offered their version of the case, they made a startling assertion that turned the government's allegation on its head.

It ends with the startling assertion that "a third of a pint of whisky" – diluted – will "often do wonders for a tired working horse".

On the second day of the training session in Bengaluru, Kataria made some startling assertions.

The 256-page book does not appear to make any startling assertions about drug use in baseball.

This narrative contains some startling assertions: that the Mongol army hurled plague-infected cadavers into the besieged Crimean city of Caffa, thereby transmitting the disease to the inhabitants; and that fleeing survivors of the siege spread plague from Caffa to the Mediterranean Basin.

Make a startling statement.

It is wonderful indeed that, as Clinton noted, "for the very first time in all of history, more people on this planet live under democracy than dictatorship --an assertion startling enough for the "Times" to assign a reporter to check it out.