averred

Example Sentences

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Then, as now, Ensign averred that he had incomplete information, and could only convey what he had been told.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2025

A blockade, he averred, was merely a necessary step to put down an internal insurrection.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

Besides, CRS averred, it could chase some people away from applying for benefits they are entitled to.

From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2023

Anyone who believed that, she averred, "has never been anywhere in the developing word - there are too many of the absolute poor, and you just can't leave it to laissez-faire".

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2022

She averred they were a mystery to herself, and that what she knew was chiefly from conjecture.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë