disown

Example Sentences

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"We disown his actions and we disown what he has done in every single way."

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

“My family would disown me,” he told the network in an email.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2023

“Your own family members often hold opposing opinions, but you don’t disown them for that,” Mr. Warren wrote.

From Washington Times • Jun. 12, 2023

As a second-generation Scientologist, Jen B. said she thought her friends and parents would disown her if she reported Masterson.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2022

Not only did he miss the opportunity to disown the offensive characterization of Burr; he raised the rhetorical stakes with his dismissive tone and gratuitously defiant counterthreat.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis