How to Use reassurance in a Sentence

reassurance

noun
  • Children need a lot of reassurance.
  • Experts offered their reassurances that the accident wouldn't happen again.
  • He received reassurance from his family.
  • But just to know that all of those great films are out there is a reassurance.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Her main tip for anyone about to have kids is more of a reassurance.
    — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 13 Oct. 2021
  • And one of the few new faces did little to bring reassurance.
    — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • So far, no words of reassurance or comfort have come from the top.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The men in charge have done their best to provide reassurance this week.
    — Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Take along those things from home that bring you comfort and reassurance.
    — Ronny Maye, Essence, 24 July 2023
  • Publicly, at least, those plans tend to be long on reassurances and short on specifics.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 4 Mar. 2020
  • But for a short stretch of time in her life, Chisholm didn’t have that reassurance.
    — oregonlive, 14 Nov. 2021
  • That doesn’t make sense, and the model doesn’t need that kind of reassurance.
    — Rachel Kaplan, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Even with his reassurance, the moments are far from easy.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
  • With reassurance like that, there’s only so much that wishin’ and hopin’ can do.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • But a small new study may offer some reassurance.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Nothing seemed to work—not books, not pep talks, not reassurances.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Talk to an attorney for reassurance that your wife cannot take them from you.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The 90-minute video call filled me with reassurance.
    — Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
  • In that context, the absence of a price spike should not be read as reassurance.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • In a world that can often feel off the rails, there’s reassurance in a pattern.
    — Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 16 Jan. 2022
  • The first coronavirus case in the state just over one year ago added a sense of false reassurance.
    — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2021
  • So there's certain things that give us a bit of reassurance that the process can be managed.
    — WIRED, 20 June 2023
  • The sequence is easy (even for a novice) and sprinkled with words of reassurance.
    — New York Times, 25 Nov. 2020
  • That tone can tempt people to rely on them for reassurance.
    — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • If anything, the firm’s note reads as a warning dressed up as reassurance.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 May 2026
  • For those who have warned of chaos if that comes to pass, the new leader’s words offered scant reassurance.
    — Christina Boyle, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2019
  • This time, the link to a sliding greenback may give reassurance.
    — Netty Idayu Ismail, Bloomberg.com, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Despite the reassurance, some people just aren't ready to risk it.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2020
  • The idea that the word might lose its potency as an insult over time gives me a lot of reassurance.
    — Rose Stokes, refinery29.com, 26 Dec. 2021
  • There’s reassurance in the fact that something has been well-resourced.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2025

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