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

While I have yet to forswear friendship and its succor entirely — maybe one day!

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2022

But the DOJ has continued to forswear its own role.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2020

“I thought you did not want the crown! Only yesterday, before we wed, you said you would forswear Denmark’s throne.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein