avow
verb (used with object)
had avowed
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past perfectof avow.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Eight states-had adopted anti-discrimination laws written to its pattern; both major parties in their 1948 platforms had avowed their devotion to legislation against discrimination because of race or religion.
From Time Magazine Archive
He therefore testified as much satisfaction at Emily's answer, as if she had avowed for him the deepest affection.
From The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various
He had avowed himself wholly hers, and asked her to be wholly his.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Mayne Reid
He was unmarried, and, having met with a disappointment in love, had avowed his intention never to marry, but to bequeath all the property he should acquire to his partner's only son, Andrew Zane.
From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by George Alfred Townsend
After he had avowed the authorship in his usual haughty style, Mary asked: “You think, then, that I have no just authority?”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
