avowed

Example Sentences

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Doing so, the president avowed, would be unsportsmanlike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

"It feels magic... the adrenaline!" said Ibrahimovic, an avowed non-skier who joked: "I didn't qualify for the downhill, I'm aiming for next year!"

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

An avowed Kolkata evangelist, he wanted to paint the dome and raised the money for it from friends and associates.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

My father is an avowed Luddite and still sends me newspaper clippings attached to handwritten notes through the mail.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

“You claim to be fighting oppression, but you spend more of your time fighting each other than in fighting your avowed enemies.”

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright