question an assertion

Frequency: 7.112.8 per million words

To express doubts about an assertion.

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Examples (10)

  • A good journalist must always question any official assertion.
  • During the debate, she was the only one who dared to question the speaker's bold assertion.
  • The scientific community will surely question this unsubstantiated assertion.
  • Students are encouraged to question the assertions made in historical texts.
  • It was a revolutionary act to question the assertion that the Earth was flat.
  • The defense lawyer's job is to question every assertion made by the prosecution.
  • Several shareholders began to question the CEO's assertion about profitability.
  • Don't just accept it as fact; learn to question every assertion and seek evidence.
  • Although many accepted the report, a few critical thinkers began to question its central assertion.
  • He was hesitant to publicly question his boss's assertion, despite his doubts.