Sentence examples of "assert" in English

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You'd better try to assert yourself more. Tu ferais mieux d'essayer de t'affirmer davantage.
Gauge queens constantly up the ante in order to assert their commitment to a counter cultural look. Les reines des trous dans les oreilles placent la barre toujours plus haut pour affirmer leur engagement dans une apparence contestataire.
They asserted that it was true. Ils affirmèrent que c'était vrai.
He asserts that she is innocent. Il affirme qu'elle est innocente.
Tom was asserting, judging by the verb in front of him, that the sentence was past tense, while Mary, seeing the gerundive under her eyes, was swearing it was a present. Tom affirmait, à en juger par le verbe devant lui, que la phrase était au passé tandis que Mary voyant le participe sous ses yeux, jurait que c'était un présent.
Tabloids assert that the killer cucumber would have sodomised the mad cow. Les journaux à scandale prétendent que le concombre tueur aurait sodomisé la vache folle.
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