They both feel paralyzed when they are alone and need constant assurance that they will not be abandoned.

The rest of the time, she had been left to her own entertainment with the constant assurance that she need not bestir herself.

That they had given up so much money to be here made them a little testy - they wanted constant assurance that their career decision wasn't a mistake.

Memnoch, an archangel, becomes impatient with God's constant assurances that all is well, despite the pain and suffering of life and death.

I wondered if indeed it was somehow linked to my heart; yet the Power it emitted gave, strangely, a constant assurance of safety.

Certainly, allowing this problem to continue for years with constant assurances that the child "will grow out of it" should be avoided.

The next year he was the chargé d'affaires in Bonn, dealing with a government that required constant assurances of America's commitment to German reunification through free elections.

She seemed to find strength in his constant assurances and his firm grip on her wrist.

Despite Aahz's constant assurances, I lived in dread of encountering the inn's rightful owner.

This is hardly what Americans have had in mind hearing Mr. Bush's constant assurances since Sept. 11, 2001, that he will bring terrorists to justice.