averred

Example Sentences

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Then, as now, Ensign averred that he had incomplete information, and could only convey what he had been told.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2025

“Across the democratic community, there will always be differences of opinion,” he averred.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

A blockade, he averred, was merely a necessary step to put down an internal insurrection.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

When “Flowers” won record of the year, Cyrus averred, “This award is amazing, but I really hope that it doesn’t change anything, because my life was beautiful yesterday.”

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024

“Might she have been pregnant before she was taken upon the ship, as she always averred? Did she speak to you ever of my parentage? Whose child I am?”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson