avow
verb (used with object)
has avowed
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present perfectof avow (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Lin-Manuel Miranda has avowed his love for Andrew Lloyd Webber, but who would have drawn a direct line from “Jesus Christ Superstar” to “Hamilton”? The New Testament doesn’t rap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2019
He continued: The honorable Senator from Illinois has avowed that he does not propose by this bill to confer any political power.
From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by Horace White
He has avowed his passion, early in the story, to Crisparkle.
From The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens by W. Robertson Nicoll
Genin, who appears to be as clever in writing as in making hats, has avowed himself a conservative, and in a long argument has vindicated the style of which he is so eminent a manufacturer.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various
"Still you think that the prisoner had no other object than what he has avowed?" said the president, when he had ended.
From The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper
