confidently declared to be so; " the asserted value of the painting"

" Oh, yes, you have," asserted the man cheerfully. – Oh, Money! Money! by Eleanor Hodgman Porter

" I think that you should be," she asserted. – A People's Man by E. Phillips Oppenheim

The uncertainty that makes the chief charm of the game asserted itself. – Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball by J. W. Duffield

" He ought to know better," George asserted severely, and at that moment in he came. – Balloons by Elizabeth Bibesco