How to Use assurance in a Sentence
assurance
noun- They lent us the money with the assurance that they would be repaid soon.
- He has the assurance of continued support from his boss.
- She gave him every assurance that she would be there when he returned.
- He spoke with quiet assurance about his future plans.
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Kay Ivey doesn’t need the false assurance of a pistol in her pocket.
— al, 18 May 2022 -
That assurance was contrary to the experience of many voters who showed up early to the polls.
— Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 3 May 2022 -
The lead voice performers deliver their lines with the sort of comic assurance that comes from having lived with their characters for a very long time.
— Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2022 -
There’s no assurance of serenity and community in the shadow of public art.
— Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 18 May 2022 -
But that bland assurance is misleading both as to what the opposition wants and as to what the administration has given away.
— Elliott Abrams, National Review, 19 May 2022 -
Even a rapid negative test after completing the five-day course of Paxlovid might provide false assurance that a person is not contagious.
— Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022 -
Employees are looking to their workplace leaders for assurance, direction and support.
— Rob Catalano, Forbes, 2 May 2022 -
And despite assurances from law enforcement that violent crime is dropping in Baltimore, these types of cases are on track to increase this year.
— Glynis Kazanjian, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024 -
Ensuring the integrity of a commercial transaction, including assurance that a vendor will get paid and the customer will get what they were promised.
— Seth Joseph, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2022 -
Washington has long relied on treaties signed with such countries as a safeguard against Hague jurisdiction, but the tribunal’s boundless view of its powers gives no assurance that those treaties will be honored.
— Eugene Kontorovich, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024 -
And - and there is no assurance that - that Putin will stop with Ukraine.
— CBS News, 19 May 2024 -
The tone of the film allows no easy assurance that things will work out.
— Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023 -
And that gave me the kind of assurance that everything was going to be OK on the work front.
— Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2022 -
This was true, at least, for me: beyond the assurances of health care and a steady salary, working in tech kept me in the world.
— Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2024 -
Guard Mark Sears, a transfer from Ohio, spoke to that self-assurance.
— Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 12 Dec. 2022 -
At the end of the day, that's what everyone has to do in order to survive: have self-assurance.
— Katherine Turman, EW.com, 29 July 2022 -
Still, with the Paramount board open to offers, and NAI also in play, there is no assurance that the three will be long-lived in their roles.
— Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024 -
The media’s job, in this moment, is not to raise alarms or offer assurances.
— Kyle Paoletta, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023 -
Besides, there’s no assurance even Johnson County will have the cash to do it again.
— Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024 -
Enjoy the assurance that comes with having clean clothes.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2023 -
It was approved with Collier’s assurance that the only ROC zone in the area wouldn’t allow cannabis.
— Brady Williams, The Enquirer, 11 July 2024 -
The Mustang does not do mountain corners with the assurance of some upper-end sports cars, and it’s not supposed to.
— Josh Max, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024 -
The High Court has now given them three weeks to provide further assurances.
— Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024 -
For parents, it can be seen as another layer of assurance their child will be safe on the field.
— Jeremy Redmon, ajc, 3 Jan. 2023 -
There’s still no assurance that these steps will be enough to pay off all of its debts, however, the company said.
— Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024 -
In contrast, the people who had received assurance that some things wouldn’t change were more likely to support the shifts ahead.
— Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2023
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