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vouchsafe

[vouch-seyf] / vaʊtʃˈseɪf /


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“And it’s my first time at the Los Angeles Times Book Festival. I suppose, given the circumstances, it’s OK to vouchsafe my secrets or at least one secret about this book.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2022

And requiring that staff safeguard themselves and others is not “socialism”; it’s a necessity to vouchsafe the public welfare.

From Washington Post Nov. 19, 2021

All of my life, I had never rid myself of the preposterous idea that someday Young would vouchsafe to me some life-altering truth, until one day it happened.

From New York Times Aug. 20, 2019

Only regarding the next can we vouchsafe certainty.

From The New Yorker Nov. 14, 2018

"To vouchsafe for our good intentions, my brother Ser Perwyn will remain here until she is safely returned to you."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

We secure the latter firmly to the couch; the former vouchsafes to deliver a stream of car chases and oh-no-they-locked-themselves-in-the-walk-in-freezer episodes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although federal law vouchsafes a right to interpreters, financially strapped hospitals often slide by with a minimum of service.

From Time Magazine Archive

The perfect moment was theirs; the ineffable content, the amazement of joy which God in His mercy vouchsafes to all true lovers.

From A Question of Marriage by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

Man’s glory Heaven vouchsafes to call her own.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Edward Young

Why did I appeal only to God, who vouchsafes me no answer?

From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Stefan Zweig

Being in Iran hasn’t vouchsafed them much happiness.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

God has vouchsafed to me a priceless gift in the weapon of ahimsa.

From Textbooks Jun. 15, 2022

But is he listing what he actually saw, or what was vouchsafed to him in the euphoric act of seeing?

From The New Yorker Nov. 12, 2018

These are meta-lies, second-order lies, lies about the very institutions vouchsafed with testing and examining the truthfulness of political statements.

From The Guardian Feb. 7, 2017

The calling voices of all those who had fought and to whom it had been vouchsafed to complete their missions.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

A pivotal battleground would be in the Central Valley, where spraying of the herbicide is common l and agricultural groups defend it as an essential tool in controlling weeds and vouchsafing the food supply.

From New York Times Apr. 10, 2017

Instead, Mr. Pence has thrown himself into the work with relish, constantly vouchsafing the character of “this good man” Donald Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2016

I thank Mr. Nichols for vouchsafing us that glimpse of a watershed opening night in American drama, an uncommon gift from one theater lover to many others.

From New York Times Mar. 16, 2012

Lahiri speaks quietly and deliberately, vouchsafing only the occasional smile.

From Time Magazine Archive

Which having said she turned haughtily back again to the strangers, without vouchsafing a glance at her husband or the trembling handmaiden.

From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett




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