ASSURANCE in a Sentence

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250 example sentences for ASSURANCE, such as:

1. We assured him of our support.
2. We assured him of our loyal support.
3. She's perfectly safe, I can assure you.
4. We have been assured that our jobs are safe.
5. This assurance was very consoling to Mariequita.

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 Meanings and Examples of ASSURANCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
assurance
 n.  promise or pledge; certainty; self-confidence; freedom from doubt
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He mounted School House Hill at her side and walked on in silence till they reached the lane leading to the saw-mill; then the need of some definite assurance grew too strong for him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  No pang of conscience at loving another woman's husband or reading that woman's mail disturbed her pleasure in her youth and charm and her renewed assurance of Ashley's love.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
3  The mainspring of his existence was taken away when she died and with it had gone his bounding assurance, his impudence and his restless vitality.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
4  There was an air of command, assurance and determination about her, even when she smiled.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
5  His smile deepened as he added with increasing assurance: "But you must let me take you to the station."
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
6  Such an assurance would usually have restored Mrs. Trenor's complacency; but on this occasion it did not chase the cloud from her brow.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
7  Miss Bart made this announcement in the tone of one who presents, with careless assurance, a complete vindication; but Mrs. Fisher received it in a manner almost inconsequent.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 2
8  She realized that in town she had depended upon them for assurance that there remained a world beyond.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
9  Not always, though: Ledyard, the great New England traveller, and Mungo Park, the Scotch one; of all men, they possessed the least assurance in the parlor.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5. Breakfast.
10  When I met him on his rounds now, I thought he carried his head more disdainfully than ever, and strode up the steps of front porches and rang doorbells with more assurance.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: IV
11  This assurance was very consoling to Mariequita.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXIX
12  If anything could add to my own base love of life," said Heyward, suffering his unconscious eyes to wander to the youthful form of the silent Alice, "it would be so kind an assurance.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
13  The Huron was content with the assurance, and, resuming his pipe, he awaited the proper moment to move.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 24
14  It gave me the best assurance that I might rely with the utmost confidence on the results which, he said, would flow from teaching me to read.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
15  This gave me assurance, and I held him uneasy, causing the blood to run where I touched him with the ends of my fingers.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
Example Sentence: (40 in 3 pages)
16  We assured him of our loyal support.
17  Jack assured himself that they did as they were told.
18  The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality.
19  He was infinitely more assured than in his more recent parliamentary appearances.
20  You can rest assured that your children are in good hands.
21  We have been assured that our jobs are safe.
22  We assured him of our support.
23  The doctor assured us that the fever would eventually subside.
24  We are surprised to see the little girl paint with an assured hand.
25  Swearing he had never so much as looked at another woman, Ralph assured Alice he was no philanderer.
26  A plea bargain was offered by the state assuring her that she would not go to prison.
27  I can certainly assure you I'm looking after number one all right.
28  I know you think I did it deliberately, but I assure you I did not.
29  He hastened to assure us that the press would not be informed.
30  She's perfectly safe, I can assure you.