forswear

Example Sentences

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He said this would be the "challenge for this year" as he urged leaders to "forswear wedge issues" that render their opponents their enemies.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2023

I leaned on the hot drink my first morning after I resolved to abide by the Breitenbush credo and forswear my daily cuppa.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

But some FDA watchers say those steps are not enough and that the agency should forswear use of an emergency authorization for a vaccine.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2020

But the DOJ has continued to forswear its own role.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2020

Or we can deny our brokenness, forswear compassion, and, as a result, deny our own humanity.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson