Sample Sentences for
affirm
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affirm as in:  I affirm the statement

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I declare and affirm under penalty of perjury that these statements are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
affirm = state strongly (that something is true)
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    Maria affirmed that she has complete faith in the other members of the team.
    affirmed = stated that something is true
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    The sun does not more certainly shine in the heavens than that which I now affirm is true.  (source)
    affirm = firmly state (that something is true)
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    It may not be too much to affirm, on the whole, (the people being then in the first stages of joyless deportment, and the offspring of sires who had known how to be merry, in their day), that they would compare favourably, in point of holiday keeping, with their descendants, even at so long an interval as ourselves.  (source)
    affirm = state
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    "First day Walter comes back to school'll be his last," I affirmed.  (source)
    affirmed = stated firmly
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    Let us also affirm all the ways we can say "yes."†  (source)
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    Chris smiled and sort of nodded, a response that Walt and Billie took as an affirmation that he would visit them in Annandale before the summer was out, and then they said their goodbyes.  (source)
    affirmation = a statement that something is true
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    The three dancers in the piece, all recent graduates of Juilliard themselves, bring a distinctive vocabulary to the montage, drawing viewers into an experience that is at once life-affirming and joyful, without any bubble-gum sentimentality.†  (source)
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    I can get used to these daily positive affirmations.  (source)
    affirmations = things firmly stated as true (for encouragement)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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    In chapter 27, Colton affirms a rendering of Jesus painted by Akiane, a child who also visited heaven at age four.†  (source)
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    To reaffirm this, I phoned an air crew boom operator who in midair refueled the SR-71 Blackbird, Sergeant D. K. Smith, who told me straight out that not only did the air force require advance courses in math, but the slots to become a boom operator were few and those who applied for the position fought for them with a ferocious intensity.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "re-" in reaffirm means again. This is the same pattern you see in words like reconsider, rearrange, and regenerate.
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    significance to* By God, I hadde lever than my shirt That ye had read his legend, as have I. Dame Partelote, I say you truely, Macrobius, that wrote the vision In Afric' of the worthy Scipion, <17> Affirmeth dreames, and saith that they be 'Warnings of thinges that men after see.†  (source)
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She affirmeth" in older English, today we say "She affirms."
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    But the infection Hans Castorp knew was going round had even influenced the Freemason's clear intellect, robbing him of his laughter, leaving him seriously vulnerable to the inflammatory charms of slaps exchanged in the name of honor; in addition, though he had his good days, which were more like teasing setbacks, the old affirmer of life had turned gloomy watching the inexorable deterioration in his health; feeling intensely ashamed, he cursed it and despised himself when it forced him to take to his bed every few days now.†  (source)
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    *cease Among the goddes high it is affirm'd, And by eternal word writ and confirm'd, Thou shalt be wedded unto one of tho* *those That have for thee so muche care and woe: But unto which of them I may not tell.†  (source)
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affirm as in:  affirmed her child's efforts

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    The court's ruling affirms the principle of freedom to expression.
    affirms = supports
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    The ritual affirmed who we were despite the humiliating restrictions outside our door.  (source)
    affirmed = demonstrated
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    A few places, like the Farmers Trust Bank, had GOLDWATER FOR PRESIDENT signs in their windows, sometimes with a bumper sticker across the bottom saying AFFIRMATION VIETNAM.  (source)
    AFFIRMATION = support
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    Consider sharing this book with someone you know who could use affirmation of God's existence and love.  (source)
    affirmation = support in the belief
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    ...purposeful and life-affirming schooling and work (jobs and more jobs);  (source)
    affirming = supporting
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    My chance encounter had affirmed a golden rule in journalism: everyone has a story, so get out of the office and talk to people.  (source)
    affirmed = demonstrated as true
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    But I find comfort in it, in the idea of a pattern, of a narrative of my life taking shape, like a photograph in a darkroom, a story that slowly emerges and affirms the good I have always wanted to see in myself.  (source)
    affirms = demonstrates
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    I've never been more loved and appreciated than when I tried to "justify" and affirm someone's mistaken beliefs;  (source)
    affirm = demonstrate support or the truth of something
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    ...and after class, he asked me what I was thinking about, and I told him. He listened, and he nodded and made "affirmation" sounds.  (source)
    affirmation = encouraging (expressing support)
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    Actors and musicians resisted by creating makeshift stages in hidden courtyards and performing plays and skits and holding concerts, affirming that beauty and culture could exist even in the midst of the horrible circumstances of the ghetto.  (source)
    affirming = demonstrating
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    Then again the drums; and once more the men's deep savage affirmation of their manhood.  (source)
    affirmation = demonstration
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    In its cooling, life-affirming fluorescence, I paced up and down the tidy aisles, stocked with American products in Asian flavors.  (source)
    affirming = supporting
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    ...while the large, deep-brown eyes fixed on me in a mixture of appeal and affirmation.  (source)
    affirmation = support
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