All 7 Uses of
assert
in
Hard Times
- A town so sacred to fact, and so triumphant in its assertion, of course got on well?†
Chpt 1.5 *
- It was in vain for Bounderby to bluster or to assert himself in any of his explosive ways; Mrs. Sparsit was resolved to have compassion on him, as a Victim.†
Chpt 1.16
- Having satisfied himself, on his father's death, that his mother had a right of settlement in Coketown, this excellent young economist had asserted that right for her with such a steadfast adherence to the principle of the case, that she had been shut up in the workhouse ever since.†
Chpt 2.1
- Having now asserted my independence in a proper manner, I may come to how do you find yourself, and I hope you're pretty well.'†
Chpt 2.2
- Looking at no one, and going his way with a lowly steadiness upon him that asserted nothing and sought nothing, Old Stephen, with all his troubles on his head, left the scene.†
Chpt 2.4
- Mr. Bounderby, under the influence of this difficult adjuration, backed up by her compassionate eye, could only scratch his head in a feeble and ridiculous manner, and afterwards assert himself at a distance, by being heard to bully the small fry of business all the morning.†
Chpt 2.11
- If she had asserted any influence over him beyond her plain faith in the truth and right of what she said; if she had concealed the least doubt or irresolution, or had harboured for the best purpose any reserve or pretence; if she had shown, or felt, the lightest trace of any sensitiveness to his ridicule or his astonishment, or any remonstrance he might offer; he would have carried it against her at this point.†
Chpt 3.2
Definition:
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(assert as in: asserted her opinion that...) to say that something is true -- especially something disputed