Use assurance in a sentence
Sentences ending with assurance
- This move, too, was surprising enough, It argued even more assurance. [9]
- It takes a sharp observer to tell innocence from assurance. [4]
- Her face was ruled to quietness now, and only in the eyes resolutely turned away was there any look which gave him assurance. [11]
- He was making love, too, with a characteristic lack of apology and with assurance. [9]
- Don't be deceived, I beg of you, but rely upon my assurance. [12]
- Octavianus did not hasten to fulfil his assurance. [10]
- At first Neforis had begged her husband to assist Paula in her search for her father, of whose death no one had any positive assurance. [10]
- Any one can belong to it by paying a dollar, and for twenty dollars one can become a life Ameliorator,--a sort of life assurance. [4]
Sentences containing assurance two or more times
- Whether she had looked within or without, there was nothing which could have soothed her save the assurance of being loved--an assurance that held fear at bay. [10]
More example sentences with the word assurance in them
- With what fiery zeal Wolf persuaded him, how convincing was his assurance that a substitute for Johann of Cologne, and a most admirable one, was actually to be found here in Ratisbon! [10]
- With apparent absent-mindedness, yet with unhesitating assurance that he was doing the right thing, Prince Vasili did everything to get Pierre to marry his daughter. [2]
- True, the duke would have preferred to induce her to go to Spain, and tried to persuade her to do so by the assurance that the King himself desired to receive her there. [10]
- Nay, he interrupted Wolf with the assurance that, on the contrary, the Emperor on such days frequently relied upon solemn hymns to transport him into a fitting mood. [10]
- Melissa seemed satisfied with this assurance, for she walked on for some time in silence. [10]
- Besides, the escutcheon with the count's coronet had given the knight assurance that he would have no cause to be ashamed, in an assembly of his peers, of his alliance with the Nuremberg maiden. [10]
- You came hither with the assurance of your favour; but the flattering words of promise which you bestowed upon the unhappy woman were probably only the drops of poppy-juice given to soothe the ravings of fever. [10]
- Then he retired with less assurance than he had come, and John Paul sprang to his feet and laid his hands upon my shoulders, as was his wont when affected. [9]
- He spoke slowly, with assurance that he would be listened to, and he looked only at the person with whom he was conversing. [2]
- And he entered with an air of assurance that was maddening. [9]
- He has a whole lot of assurance, an air of knowing what he's talking about, and apparently he doesn't give a continental whether he's popular or not. [9]
- Venters breathed lighter when that was over, and felt a sudden assurance in the success of his enterprise. [13]
- But if we watch it carefully we shall be able to predict with some assurance the drift in Paris. [4]
- The unexpected gift was accepted with pleasure, and when he thanked her eagerly and with simple heartiness, she interrupted him with the assurance that in Alexandria art was not yet being borne to the grave. [10]
- Napoleon, with his usual assurance that whatever entered his head was right, wrote to Kutuzov the first words that occurred to him, though they were meaningless. [2]
- The historians tell us with naive assurance that its causes were the wrongs inflicted on the Duke of Oldenburg, the nonobservance of the Continental System, the ambition of Napoleon, the firmness of Alexander, the mistakes of the diplomatists, and so on. [2]
- So that at twenty-eight she scarcely thought at all of her wonderful influence for good in the little community where her father had left her practically its beneficent landlord, but cared most for the dream and the assurance and the allurement of her beauty. [13]
- Mademoiselle," he added, turning to the flushing Suzanne, "I pray that you will accept this present with every assurance of my humble regard. [9]
- And lastly you too, peasants, come from the forests where you are hiding in terror, return to your huts without fear, in full assurance that you will find protection! [2]
- And she had to calm herself with the assurance that her relationship with Ditmar had undergone no change. [9]
- It was useless to attempt to disperse it with the assurance that Father Damon was better; it patiently waited to see for itself. [4]
- It took some time to break the ice, but gradually she began to say things, half stories, half poetic, not out of books; things that, if said with assurance, in the city would be called wit. [4]
- At sight of the white badge with the red cross on Detricand's coat, the four stood up and answered his greeting with devout respect; and he had speedy assurance that in this inn he was safe from betrayal. [11]
- As they mounted the stairs she had kept close to her lover's side; but on this assurance she lingered behind and looked about her. [10]
- Lying down in the shadow of a thick tamarisk bush, above which a tall palm towered proudly, he stretched his limbs comfortably to rest in the assurance that the people were now provided for, in war by his good sword, in peace by the Law. [10]
- No doubt with the same amiable desire, he immediately resumed his knife and fork, as a practical assurance that the beer had wrought no bad effect upon his appetite. [12]
- She still felt the pressure of his hand, and heard his assurance that from no lips would he more gladly hear the name of Joshua than from hers. [10]
- Napoleon sat at the foot of the knoll, drinking punch, when Murat's adjutant galloped up with an assurance that the Russians would be routed if His Majesty would let him have another division. [2]
- A conversation about the Emperor's judgment and the rarity with which he bestowed such costly tokens of his regard was commencing in the chapel, but Barbara speedily brought it to a close by the assurance that she was utterly exhausted and needed rest. [10]
- She promised, therefore, that she would never go without having Mrs. Hopkins as her companion, and with this assurance her old friend rested satisfied. [6]
- In this, although Talbott has sworn that the assignment was in the bundle of deeds when it came from his house, Adams has the unaccountable assurance to say that he has proved the contrary by Talbott. [7]
- I am not sure who needs assurance most upon the point, you or he. [11]
- This assurance somewhat soothed her while she remained among people of her own calling. [10]
- But as all slept, a figure in the dress of a habitant moved through the passages of the house stealthily, yet with an assurance unusual in the thief or housebreaker. [11]
- Never before had she been in the presence of one who talked like this, with such assurance and ease. [9]
- Then those gentlemen rose up; and whereas I looked in the face of the worthy notary meseemed it was as withered grass well bedewed with rain; and glad assurance beamed on me from his goodly and noble features. [10]
- Write me in perfect freedom, with the assurance that I will not subject you to any embarrassment by making your letter or its contents known to any one. [7]
- As the months passed, Ephraim had heard David Wheelock mentioned with more and more assurance for the place. [9]
- But the assurance of his love completely filled her heart and cast every care entirely into the shade. [10]
- The great enterprise of connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific States by railways and telegraph lines has been entered upon with a vigor that gives assurance of success, notwithstanding the embarrassments arising from the prevailing high prices of materials and labor. [7]
- Their concurrence, if obtained, will give assurance of their severally adopting emancipation at no very distant day upon the new constitutional terms. [7]
- Yet he said nothing save to repeat the warning about the bridge, but his questioning look caused the chief of the scribes to soothe him with the assurance that everything was progressing as well as possible. [10]
- Thousands who wish not to personally enter the service are nevertheless anxious to pay and send substitutes, provided they can have assurance that unwilling persons, similarly situated, will be compelled to do likewise. [7]
- This place is not so large as Ireland or America, but it is large enough to give assurance we shall not meet. [11]
- But we have no such assurance, and so we go on trembling before Dryfooses and living in gimcrackeries. [8]
- The landlady, by no means satisfied with this assurance, which she considered an ingenious evasion of the question, rejoined that he had his reasons of course. [12]
- With assurance of my distinguished consideration and warm cousinly regard, I remain Your titular lordship's Most obedient servant, Mulberry Sellers Earl Rossmore. [5]
- In the clear morning light he gazed now at the city and now at the plan, considering its details, and the assurance of possessing it agitated and awed him. [2]
- Like the steady monotone of the bass accompanying the rise and fall of the air, he constantly heard the assurance that it would be a pity if his splendid twins should resemble him. [10]
- And on receiving Miss Martineau's assurance that she did not, Miss Bronte entreated her to declare it frankly if she thought there was any failure of this description in any future work of "Currer Bell's. [14]
- He was much looked up to by the Persians, and his assurance, that he had not murdered Bartja, would have been sufficient to tame the fast-spreading report of the real way in which the youth had met his death. [10]
- Ann was far less horror-struck at the fearful sum of the ransom than we had been, by reason that she was ever possessed by the assurance that Heaven had created her and Herdegen for each other, and would bring them together at last. [10]
- And when at last he hung up the instrument and turned to her, though still furious against the strikers, his voice betrayed the joy of battle, the assurance of victory. [9]
- Superstition had set its mark on him --on Claridge Pasha's safety depended his own, that was his belief; and the look of this thin, bronzed face, with its living fire, gave him vital assurance of length of days. [11]
- Some things in it nettled me, especially an unnecessarily earnest assurance that, in spite of all I had done in the writing line, I still retained a place in her esteem. [14]
- And so be it an everlasting testimony for them, and so much ground of assurance of man's capacity for self-government. [6]
- Andreas had already informed him that Melissa was kept away by her mediation for the prisoners, and so he was comforted by her assurance that if her duty would allow of it she would never leave him again. [10]
- The agent swaggered in with that easy assurance he assumed whenever he got the upper hand. [9]
- There was assurance in this benignant night. [11]
- Rostov was happy in the assurance that the rumors about the Emperor being wounded were false. [2]
- The next day, I mustered assurance enough to knock at his door, having a pretext ready.--No answer.--Knock again. [6]
- With equal satisfaction I accept the assurance you are pleased to give, that the same disposition is reciprocated by your sovereigns, your governments, and yourselves. [7]
- The physician gave his permission for a speedy return, but his assurance that there was no immediate danger if I was careful did not afford me unmixed pleasure. [10]
- He had spent his early days in a small Jersey manor-house; here he was walking the halls of a palace with the step of assurance, the most honoured figure in a principality next to the sovereign himself. [11]
- The king gave him a friendly nod in reward for his success, and then, looking round on his friends and relations in a manner that betokened the most perfect assurance, he said: "Give me the bow now, Darius. [10]
- Not even Cleopatra herself could raise any objection to his distinct assurance that he must write to Rome today on matters of importance. [10]
- She would see her mother once more; and whatever might happen to those she loved, she might perhaps be suffered to linger near them, as she had done on earth, and hope with assurance to meet them again here, sooner or later. [10]
- Then he gave her his hand, with the assurance that the thought of her would make it a pleasure to remember Alexandria. [10]
- Still, as though he was addressing fools, he has assurance to ask if any person ever saw it in his possession. [7]
- The cheery salutation he had ready for her died unborn and he tumbled the pieces of pottery awkwardly on the grass while some unfamiliar, deep-seated emotion, mixed with pity and glad assurance of his power to succor her, held him dumb. [13]
- He says they have a large sum (near $90,000) which they will pay into the treasury now, if they have an assurance that they shall not be sued before Jan., 1859--otherwise not. [7]
- He laid his hand kindly on her shoulder to soothe her, and then listened to her assurance that, though she was a strolling rope-dancer, she had never taken other people's property. [10]
- At first this had startled her, but she believed her uncle's assurance that this examination would fully prove her innocence before the eyes of the whole world. [10]
- He, whose knowledge had but yesterday culminated in the assurance that it was impossible to know anything, could now assert with positive conviction, that the human soul could exist apart from the matter it had animated. [10]
- The burgomaster's wife had been anxious about Henrica, but the latter greeted her with special cheerfulness and met her gentle reproaches with the assurance that this morning had done her good. [10]
- He gave the governor assurance that the prisoners should be treated well, and no property destroyed. [11]
- I want to give you an assurance, which I know will comfort you--and that is, that I find in my husband the tenderest nurse, the kindest support, the best earthly comfort that ever woman had. [14]
- It saves them from the vagrant destitution which must largely attend immediate emancipation in localities where their numbers are very great, and it gives the inspiring assurance that their posterity shall be free forever. [7]
- One of his foes, however, had no assurance of Carnac's defeat. [11]
- Not since that first evening in Locust Street had it taken on such assurance, And yet she could not be impolite to a guest. [9]
- On receiving the favourite's assurance that he would remove Barine from Charmian's protection on the morrow, Iras became more gracious. [10]
- Without concealing her father's scruples, he added the assurance that he felt perfectly secure against the temptations of which there would certainly be no lack while he was in the service of a Protestant magistracy. [10]
- Such is my faith in the loyalty of the good people of these villages to the American cause, that I can safely leave the flag flying over their heads with the assurance that they will protect it. [9]
- This assurance would end the struggle now and save the Union forever. [7]
- Adams's assurance, in demanding disinterested testimony, is surpassing. [7]
- Both showed a degree of self-reliance unusual, at their age; but the architect's was the assurance which a man gains by toil and his own merit, Dion's that which is bestowed by large possession and a high position in society. [10]
- Why did he, day by day, grow more silent, calmer, cooler, yet sadder in prophetic assurance of something to be? [13]
- So assurance and contentment even yet beamed in his eye. [10]
- Melissa, who had comforted Ino with the assurance that Alexander had been called away quite unexpectedly, was now sitting by her side, and perceived, of course, what tricks the men in the kalathos were playing; but, instead of amusing her, they only made her anxious. [10]
- He had now come to the last day of his duty at the Mill Cartier, when all he had to do was to inspect the work done, give assurance and guarantee that it was all right, and receive his cheque from Jean Jacques. [11]
- Resolved, That the Chairman communicate to the family of the deceased a copy of these proceedings, with an assurance of our sincere condolence on account of their heavy bereavement. [7]
- Her abrupt silence came upon him like the last engulfing wave to a drowning man--the final assurance of the end, in which there is quiet and the deadly smother. [11]
- From another quarter came the assurance that I was wrong when I set up a tombstone with a name upon it in a Quaker graveyard. [11]
- The assurance conveyed by this high compliment, that the course of the Government which I represent, has received the approval of a body of gentlemen of such character and intelligence, in this time of public trial, is most grateful to me. [7]
- We must begin by seeing Mr. Lindau, and securing from him the assurance that in the expression of his peculiar views he had no intention of offering any personal offence to Mr. Dryfoos. [8]
- Yet with what bold assurance he had protested that his heart belonged solely to her. [10]
- Nor did it blow retreat, but called us with assurance of victory. [6]
- If he had been warned that he was losing his wife's love, he would have scouted the idea, his self- assurance was so strong, his vanity complete. [11]
- Now her heart beat higher with hopeful gladness, and she was full of fervent gratitude as she told herself with lively and confident assurance that she had found a new guide, and, holding His loving and powerful hand, could walk in the way in safety. [10]
- At this assurance Barbara's soul glowed with proud maternal joy. [10]
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