avers

Example Sentences

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Stephen Carter, author and Yale law professor, avers that “Democracy demands dialogue and dialogue flows from disagreement.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

At every turn, there’s a caress waiting, even if it’s a gambit for affection: “I got a lot on my mind, and I gotta share the pain,” Saint Levant avers.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2022

Twitter avers that the Musk Parties declined to undertake any due diligence prior to signing the Merger Agreement.

From The Verge • Aug. 4, 2022

Just as their name avers without nuance, wetlands are low-lying parcels of land that are, indeed, wet — sometimes permanently, sometimes seasonally — and found both inland and in coastal regions.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2021

He avers that she had no share “in the deeper and nobler emotions;” yet almost in the same breath he states that she had “a purpose fixed as the stars to trample down the Reformation.”

From Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period by Jordan, Furneaux