affirm

How To Use affirm In A Sentence

• I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog. The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
• By using an affirmation, you are attempting to shift yourself so that you can do or be something even though your mind doesn't accept it yet.
• Surely one of the agonizing attributes of our post – September 11 age is the unending need to reaffirm realities that have been proved, and proved again, but just as doggedly denied by those in power, forcing us to live trapped between two narratives of present history, the one gaining life and color and vigor as more facts become known, the other growing ever paler, brittler, more desiccated, barely sustained by the life support of official power. 'The Moment Has Come to Get Rid of Saddam'
• The Obama administration should disaffirm the recent DOL guidance and clarify that fiduciaries have the right - indeed, the obligation - to take ESG factors into account when they determine such factors to be material to investment performance and beneficial to retirement plan beneficiaries. Joe Keefe: Sustainable Investing and the Financial Crisis: How Long-Term Investing Can Replace Short-Term Bubbles
• She hoped he would have answered in the affirmative. Times, Sunday Times
• ‘We have to win,’ the Scotland coach affirms with a bluffness which only Australians can pull off.
• We never answer questions about special forces, but do not take that as an answer indicating an affirmative.
• Rebecca was too embarrassed to reply, but he took her silence as an affirmative.
• Uzbekistan reaffirms its commitment to implement democratic reforms.
• He claimed that the school district stepped over the line with its affirmative action plan and that race was improperly used to discriminate against the white teacher.