All 5 Uses of
assert
in
Catch-22
- When fellow administrative officers expressed astonishment at Colonel Cathcart's choice of Major Major, Captain Black muttered that there was something funny going on; when they speculated on the political value of Major Major's resemblance to Henry Fonda, Captain Black asserted that Major Major really was Henry Fonda; and when they remarked that Major Major was somewhat odd, Captain Black announced that he was a Communist.†
Chpt 11
- 'The hell with it, then,' the colonel asserted in a huff of independence.†
Chpt 19
- 'I'm the best friend you've got and you don't even know it,' he asserted belligerently, and walked out of the chaplain's tent.†
Chpt 20 *
- Chaplain,' resumed the officer without insignia at a more leisurely pace, lifting a typewritten sheet of yellow paper from the open folder, 'I have a signed statement here from Colonel Cathcart asserting you stole that plum tomato from him.†
Chpt 36
- 'These are very critical times,' Colonel Cathcart asserted petulantly from a far corner of the office, paying no attention to Colonel Korn.†
Chpt 40
Definition:
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(assert as in: asserted her opinion that...) to say that something is true -- especially something disputed