forswear

Example Sentences

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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 • Dec. 31, 2023

That is partly because more companies are targeting omnivores who seek to reduce the amount of meat they eat, rather than forswear it altogether.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2021

But the DOJ has continued to forswear its own role.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2020

What the pair learns about Cloud and its management may convince readers to forswear online shopping and buy at any independent local stores they can find.

From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2019

Or we can deny our brokenness, forswear compassion, and, as a result, deny our own humanity.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson