Example Sentences

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“Something in me was disowning the play even as its opening approached,” he writes.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 23, 2015

But the grieving woman, who cried through much of her time on the stand, grew even more distraught when asked whether she ever told her son she was disowning him for enlisting.

From Reuters • Jul. 25, 2012

While Randolph was disowning all the candidates, N.A.A.C.P.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mom thought it was a great plan, but Dad accused Lori of stealing his children and declared he was disowning her.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls