forswear

Example Sentences

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Question No. 28 asked whether they swore allegiance to the U.S. and would forswear allegiance to the Japanese emperor.

From Seattle Times

“Director” may be the wrong word, though; the onscreen credit is simply “by” Harmony Korine, who has apparently forsworn any impulse to control his material.

From New York Times

It’s as if by forswearing the evanescent experience of real-life performing, Glenn Gould gave himself eternal fame.

From Los Angeles Times

He said this would be the "challenge for this year" as he urged leaders to "forswear wedge issues" that render their opponents their enemies.

From BBC

None of this is to say that Rodrigo has forsworn the type of emotional melodrama that made her a star.

From Los Angeles Times