avowal

Example Sentences

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I had to make a secondary avowal that I was not getting scammed and would not come back for reimbursement.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

But Mr. Fish says the conference’s avowal of “religious freedom for all” must include atheists in the conversation.

From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2023

“This is a central plan of this coalition together with the clear avowal that Germany is a country of immigration,” the ministry’s spokesperson said, responding to journalists’ questions about the complaints.

From Reuters • Nov. 28, 2022

A line like “Can you blame me for being skeptical? A mere boy. I don’t think he was 10 years old” turns from Buckner’s desperate appeal into a confident avowal.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2021

The water stood in my eyes to hear this avowal of his dependence; just as if a royal eagle, chained to a perch, should be forced to entreat a sparrow to become its purveyor.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë