avowal

How to use avowal in a sentence

• Another avowal: He had not originally planned to assault that Jewish school in Toulouse.

  New Laws Pushed by Nicolas Sarkozy After Toulouse Massacre Go Too Far | Barry Lando | March 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

• The fact was, that Mr. Giles had not at first been able to bring his mind to the avowal, that he had only shot a boy.

  Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles Dickens

• It was several years after their acquaintance commenced before M. Roland made an avowal of his attachment.

  Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott

• "The time will come," said Winston dryly, to hide what he felt, for his comrade's simple avowal had been wonderfully eloquent.

  Winston of the Prairie | Harold Bindloss

• Mr. Ripper's logic tended to the belief that he could not be punished if he stuck to the avowal of having seen nothing.

  Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood