averring
Example Sentences
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What did that even mean?—something akin to the counsel averring that “there is no sky.”
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2017
I’ve heard from more than one reader over the years averring that an orchestra’s role is simply to play the music of Beethoven, Brahms and their ilk: Forget contemporary stuff, much less diversity.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2016
U. S. delegates protested against theft of exclusive news, scoops and beats, averring that the newspaper which discovers news first should have the sole right, for the day at least, to print the news.
From Time Magazine Archive
The prosecutors kept the Bible out of discussion by averring that the Bible did not constitute the rule of faith except as interpreted by the Church.
From Time Magazine Archive
In proof of the antiquity of the belief, this great Roman encyclopædist cites Eudoxus, Aristotle, and Hermippus, as averring that magical arts were used thousands of years before the time of the Trojan war.
From Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 by John Stuart
