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U.S. secretary of state John Quincy Adams, however, considered it “more candid as well as more dignified” for the new country “to avow our principles explicitly” than to allow the British to take the lead.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

"Instead of trashing volunteerism as inherently elitist, why not avow and attest to its ongoing value as a vital part of necessary diversification and cultural change?"

From Fox News ● Oct. 17, 2021

He seems able to avow that desire readily and frankly!

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2021

When offered an easy way out — would he at least avow that he hated the Germans? — he declined the invitation and answered only that he loved the French.

From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2020

“I avow, Serjeant, we shall commit ourselves wholly to philosophy without a grain of intelligence intermixed.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

The ability to turn back whether or not you’ve reached your destination “takes preparation over many passing years,” avows Guterson.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2019

It avows an anti-elitist attentiveness to the industrially humdrum.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2019

So you’re off guard when you get to the part where he pines for reconciliation with Britain and avows that “I love my King.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2017

“I couldn’t have done it this well myself,” he avows.

From Slate ● May 22, 2016

He is the source of all evil and utterly without conscience; he avows his villany to the audience and he works by crafty intrigue with the aid of an equally conscienceless accomplice.

From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike

By the end, and by her own hand, she was reduced to being a joyless hater of holidays and avowed enemy of All Things Fun.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

Charli is an avowed film buff, whose fifth album was named after David Cronenberg's notorious body-horror film Crash.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

As a cleric in his 20s, he encountered Khomeini, a charismatic religious leader and avowed opponent of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

Doing so, the president avowed, would be unsportsmanlike.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

The Lyseni would gladly have taken him south with him, he avowed, but Davos had refused.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Kennedy’s lawyers filed an incensed response avowing that their client craved a return to Washington.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2023

Scholz has been steadfast in publicly avowing Berlin’s support for Kyiv and condemning Moscow’s invasion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

Barron’s successor, Neeli Bendapudi, canceled the project in late October, avowing a commitment to equity and inclusion but saying it would be “more impactful” to enhance support for existing work on racial bias.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023

One actor, while avowing his total support for the Fair Wage Onstage campaign, admitted that the conversation around it might be driving him out of the theatre.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2016

I daily felt more and more the necessity of openly avowing my sentiments.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.