Example sentences for: affirmation

How can you use “affirmation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In the words of Jose Angel Gutiérrez, as quoted by Arnoldo Vento, “La Raza is the affirmation of the most basic ingredient of our personality, the brownhood of our Indian ancestors wedded to all the other skin colors of mankind.

  • It called this a "spectacular" affirmation of Europe's desire "to exist by itself, without the help of the United States," going far beyond present forms of military cooperation among European countries.

  • It is at once an affirmation of one’s manhood and one’s culture” (1985, 179–180).

  • The Wall Street Journal calls the 7,000 mark a perfect Valentine's Day affirmation of "investors' six-year love affair with stocks."

  • The WP and NYT stress that Jordan's courthouse-steps affirmation of his friendship with President Clinton was mighty reassuring to the White House.


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