avowable
- a word derived from avow.
Example Sentences
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Some secret intrigue, not altogether avowable, might lie at the bottom of this strange adventure.
From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
Historians have no avowable motive for proceeding otherwise.
From Introduction to the Study of History by Berry, George Godfrey
Moreover the chancellor of the exchequer saw before him an inevitable addition of ten millions of pounds sterling to his budget, the only avowable reason for which was the rectification of the Canadian frontier.
From Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII by Stevens, John Austin
Mr. Morton's subsequent life has proved that he had certain expensive, not altogether avowable, tastes.
From The Old Man in the Corner by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
Like all jewellers settled in the Dutch cities at this time Ben Isaje carried on a number of other trades—some of which were perhaps not altogether avowable.
From The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
