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
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
I averred that the fortifications there were not in a complete state of readiness, but we could imagine no other strategy.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
