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How to use assure in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb

Assure means to make sure and secure; ensure. Example: “I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.”

Examples of assure by meaning

verbTo give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).

  • I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.
  • He assured of his commitment to her happiness.

More sentences with assure

  • Officials in the Firefly administration assure the Sylvanians they don't want war either.From the entry official
  • An excavation unit need not be rectangular, if precise measurements are made to assure good provenience.From the entry excavation unit
  • The urges are hard to overcome, but, I assure you, you're safe with me.2020 December 23, Raven Steele, A Monster's Birth, Raven Steele. From the entry freak
  • Both sides try to assure themselves of radical differences because they undertake similar actions.2017, Cyberspace Crime, page D.S wall. From the entry anti-hacker
  • Otis that the Governor sent Walter Butler to assure these gentlemen that he knew Mr.2016, Robert William Chambers, Cardigan, →ISBN. From the entry arch-rogue
  • We drew nearer the wonder-beast so as to assure ourselves she was real.2016, Jane Lowy, Wiggly Barstool. From the entry wonderbeast
  • Sir, I can assure you that I'm not escaped convict or some looney toon guy.2012, Shane Moore, Stranded, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry looney toon
  • I took that with great dignity and aplomb, I assure you.2010, Julian D. Hayden, Bill Broyles, Diane E. Boyer, Field man: life as a desert archaeologist. From the entry assle
  • Can we assure readers that astroturf letters will not appear as letters in The Star?2005 04, Richard Larsen, You, Sir, Are an Idiot: Newspaper Columns, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 125. From the entry astroturf
  • Lucas’s first instinct was to give her a hug and assure her that everything was all right.1990, Pat Tracy, chapter 2, in Tiger by the Tail, New York, N.Y.: Silhouette Books, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry unniecely
  • Vise-like clamping action of lid remover jaws assures reliable lid removal every time.1983, Processed Prepared Food - Volume 152, page 87. From the entry delid
  • I assure you from a God's Olympian perch that government is a shared myth.1981, Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Science Fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 41. From the entry shared
  • Admiralty Island contains unique resources of scientific interest which need protection to assure continued opportunities for study.1978, Jimmy Carter, Proclamation 4611. From the entry unique
  • Reference sync servo system — permits minimal time-base error, assuring minimum jitter and drift.1975, Broadcast Management/engineering, volume 11. From the entry drift
  • Used at medium to thin consistency to avoid stringing or cottoning and to assure proper spreading characteristics.1971, Modern Packaging Encyclopedia, page 112. From the entry cotton
  • Moral diversity in the citizen population by itself assures that some discrimination of this kind will occur.1970, Donald J. Black, “Production of crime rates”, in American sociological review, volume 35, number 4, page 739. From the entry moral diversity
  • I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.1961 May 9, Newton N. Minow, Television and the Public Interest. From the entry wasteland
  • In cold climates, however, the installation of an air heater is recommended to assure complete winter comfort.1960 September 25, “YEAR-ROUND SWIMMING; […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived…. From the entry air heater
  • But it’s done quite often I assure you, and it was done in this case, too.1925, Marion Harvey, “A Friend in Need”, in The House of Seclusion, Boston, Mass.: Small, Maynard & Company, →OCLC, page 71. From the entry gargantuanly
  • “And four-wheeled cabs—I assure you even at Oxford it’s almost impossible to get a four-wheeled cab.”1915, Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC. From the entry cab
  • He might assure his red cheeks and sprouting moustache in the looking-glass that that fellow, St.1903, Katharine Tynan, A Red, Red Rose, page 150. From the entry muffish
  • Which Micah assures me is a misnomer.2021, Erin Hahn, Never Saw You Coming, New York, N.Y.: Wednesday Books, St. Martin’s Publishing Group, →ISBN. From the entry easy peasy mac and cheesy
  • The respective users assure they would be willing to tell more, if only other users would upvote the post in advance.2014, Annika Richterich, “Karma, precious Karma: 'Karmawhoring' on Reddit and the Front Page's Econometrisation”, in Journal of Peer…. From the entry karma whore
  • Generally, I can assure you that a woman's posterior causes a stir, whether she's considered a have or a have not.2013, Kelda, Men Under a Microscope, Author House, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry have
  • Hoeness nodded shortly, but Gabriel was less assuring.2013, Don Pendleton, Cold Fusion, page 55. From the entry assuring
  • This herb tea is excellent, but I assure it is no match for a good cup of coffee.2012, Elizabeth Eagan-Cox, chapter 18, in A Ghost to Die For (Shannon Delaney Paranormal Mystery Series; 5), Cambridge, Md.: Cambridge…. From the entry what is one to do
  • They get busy making phone calls and assuring the family that things are about to turn in their favor.2011, G. George, Another Job, page 166. From the entry blow out of the water
  • At intervals throughout the night be would pound the staff on the concrete path to assure everyone that he was awake.2011, Maurice Harvey, Into the Great Unknown: Adventures in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia, Bloomington, Ill.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 66. From the entry watchnight
  • And again, all the while assuring the director and the crew that he ‘knew his lines’ and then flubbed them again.2008, D. L. White, Acting For Film And Television, page 37. From the entry flub
  • It’s very simple I assure you, old fellow.2008, Joan F (MI), quoting K. K. Stevens, Moonspins and Widdershins (2005), “Today's Word is for Janie”, in alt.fiftyplus (Usenet). From the entry symphoric
  • Nor should it be assumed that intramarriage assures high intimacy.2007 June 8, Patrice E. Heller, Beatrice Wood, “THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES ON MARITAL INTIMACY: INTERMARRIAGE…. From the entry intramarriage
  • I can assure you that you would not be hearing positive things about what we are doing from Mr.2007, Mr. Shaw, quotee, Stabilizing Insurance Markets for Coastal Consumers: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Capital Markets…. From the entry cat fund
  • Luisa Rey plays the ditzy reporter on her best behavior to assure Fay Li she poses no threat.2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 130. From the entry sniff out
  • They are printing new ones just to assure a supply.2003 June 12, PossumTrot, “Treasury to Print More $2 Bills:)”, in rec.collecting.paper-money (Usenet), archived from the original on 22…. From the entry tom
  • Clearly, eSpeed's connection to Cantor is a unique insurance policy, assuring it won't end up in a dot-coma.2001, Business Week, numbers 3744-3750, page 360. From the entry dot-coma
  • Besides, I assure you, this is only a temporary setback.1996, “Return to Grace”, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, season 4, episode 14 (Science Fiction), →OCLC. From the entry setback
  • She also assures Jacob that time heals all hurts.1995 September 26, Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis, Chapters 18-50, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, →ISBN, page 89. From the entry time heals all hurts
  • Administered in such a way, in that superpowers it assures.1994, C. J. Lee, Caldwell Lee the Poet to Be: The Forthright Omnipotence Era, Dorrance Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 46. From the entry superpower

Meaning of assure

  1. verb To make sure and secure; ensure.
  2. verb To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
  3. verb To guarantee, promise (to do something).

Full definition of assure

Questions about assure in a sentence

How do you use assure in a sentence?
Assure is used as a verb. For example: “I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.”
What is a short sentence with assure?
“Which Micah assures me is a misnomer.”
What does assure mean?
Assure means to make sure and secure; ensure.

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