avowal

Example Sentences

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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

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

"At the end of such a dialogue, there must be a clear avowal of what we all have committed to when we joined the European Union. There can be no special deals" he said.

From Reuters

It rejected the Biden administration’s avowal of support Sunday for a 2016 international tribunal ruling in favor of the Philippines that threw out most of China’s claims.

From Washington Post

You may find yourself concurring with an avowal of the poet and essayist Joseph Brodsky: “Life — the way it really is — is a battle not between Bad and Good, but between Bad and Worse.”

From New York Times