Both Uses of
assert
in
The Awakening
- Robert started to reassure her, asserting that he had known a lady who had subsisted upon nougat during the entire—but seeing the color mount into Mrs. Pontellier's face he checked himself and changed the subject.†
Chpt 4
- "You are too lenient, too lenient by far, Leonce," asserted the Colonel.†
Chpt 24 *
Definition:
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(assert as in: asserted her opinion that...) to say that something is true -- especially something disputed