avow
verb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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“The Sheep Detectives” director, Kyle Balda, a veteran who directed some of the avowedly silly “Minions” movies, said that many studios now operated with a directive to be entertaining above all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
His far-reaching, avowedly disruptive proposals seem destined to have a major impact not just in the short term, but possibly well beyond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2024
For decades, voters here rewarded sensible, pro-business, avowedly conservative politicians.
From Salon ● May 22, 2024
“He’s in service to the whole,” said Zack Winokur, who co-directed the “Tristan” with Lisenka Heijboer Castañón and is the artistic director of the avowedly egalitarian American Modern Opera Company.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
But the book you are holding is avowedly prescriptivist: it consists of several hundred pages in which I am bossing you around.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
