averred
Example Sentences
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The Justice Department then averred that it did not notify customs officers at Boston’s airport quickly enough to stop Alawieh’s placement on a plane to Lebanon.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2025
A blockade, he averred, was merely a necessary step to put down an internal insurrection.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
Besides, CRS averred, it could chase some people away from applying for benefits they are entitled to.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
Anyone who believed that, she averred, "has never been anywhere in the developing word - there are too many of the absolute poor, and you just can't leave it to laissez-faire".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2022
But, then, a voice within me averred that I could do it and foretold that I should do it.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
