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.
  • The false assurance was more than a slip.
    — Eric Tucker, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The false assurance was more than a slip.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
  • But these assurances will have to be taken on trust.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The tone of the film allows no easy assurance that things will work out.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The man guides the pigs home with utter assurance and panache.
    — New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Thieu would not have signed the treaty without that assurance.
    — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • With her assurances, the bill squeaked by with 42 votes.
    — Calmatters, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Hurts has a sense of assurance in himself.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
  • That assurance was like fuel for me.
    — Julia Sullivan, Outside, 18 Dec. 2025
  • That assurance was enough to get the bill written and through the House.
    — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Those are my four match leans in order of overall matchup assurance.
    — Keith Stewart, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • That assurance gave me the green light to venture into my kitchen to whip up some dough.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Feb. 2021
  • 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 - and there is no assurance that - that Putin will stop with Ukraine.
    — CBS News, 19 May 2024
  • Weeks have passed since those assurances were made to the scientists.
    — Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 19 May 2025
  • Even though the age assurance technologies are flawed, whose fault is that?
    — Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Even though the aged assurance technologies are flawed, whose fault is that?
    — Rod McGuirk The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Even though the aged assurance technologies are flawed, whose fault is that?
    — ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • There are no assurances that the new staff will do that as effectively.
    — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • The key for buyers is not to rely on verbal assurances alone.
    — Michael L. Hyman, Miami Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Kay Ivey doesn’t need the false assurance of a pistol in her pocket.
    — al, 18 May 2022
  • The media’s job, in this moment, is not to raise alarms or offer assurances.
    — Kyle Paoletta, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
  • He is given divine assurance that his people will be freed.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Waiting on a star — just like tanking — comes with no assurance of a payoff, and no end date.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
  • With age has come enviable self-assurance, but it's been hard-won for Ross.
    — Lola Ogunnaike, Marie Claire, 17 May 2021
  • But that assurance was betrayed.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2025

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