Example Sentences

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Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, the former heir to the throne of Jordan, has said he is renouncing his title of prince.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2022

The only man convicted for 9/11 is renouncing terrorism.

From The Guardian • May 21, 2020

Let some other newspaper cover how the Metropolitan Museum is renouncing the “outdated taxonomies” of the encyclopedic museum.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2020

For what Bernadette is really doing, in a ritual she learned in early childhood from another inmate at the orphanage, is renouncing a world that has already rejected her.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2012

"For ever lost," he cries, realizing that he is renouncing his last chance.

From Richard Wagner Composer of Operas by Runciman, John F.