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.
  • That assurance was enough to get the bill written and through the House.
    — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2021
  • The man guides the pigs home with utter assurance and panache.
    — New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • The assurance of a meal as part of every school day changed his life, Moses says.
    — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • The assurance of a .500-or-better conference record for the first time in four years.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Kay Ivey doesn’t need the false assurance of a pistol in her pocket.
    — al, 18 May 2022
  • Guard Mark Sears, a transfer from Ohio, spoke to that self-assurance.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], 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
  • If the bank confirms your daughter will have access in the event of your death, ask that the assurance be put in writing.
    — Liz Weston, oregonlive, 2 Jan. 2022
  • But having the guts to sell the world on a 10-minute ballad about a scarf feels like the product of assurance that only comes with age.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The peg to the U.S. dollar is meant to give assurance that a tether is as safe as owning dollars.
    — Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Sudeikis comes on like the Dennis Quaid of the ’80s, with a little less smiley assurance but a lot of cowboy charm.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • In terms of wielding power on this episode, no one is doing it with the cool assurance and bravado of Josh.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Enjoy the assurance that comes with having clean clothes.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Somehow, at the time, Sheila felt that Andrea had the power to offer this assurance.
    — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • Warren is pushing for longer-term assurances on that front.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
  • But with every public statement, the coach seemed to offer less assurance.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2025

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