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
Its avowal that Ms. Baker’s heart went out at once to “Paris et mon pays” — “Paris and my country” — seemed to capture her unusual odyssey.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 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
Vocabulary lists containing avowal
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 8–13
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"The Odyssey," Vocabulary from Part 1 of the epic poem
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The Federalist Papers, No. 1 by Alexander Hamilton
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