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
Council forswear knee-jerk politics in favor of a thoughtful discussion about who — and what — best serves the interests of D.C. residents.
From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2020
Lesbian identity does not require that its adherents forswear all sexual and romantic encounters they’ve ever had with men, just as bisexual identity does not require that people date men and women in equal measure.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2018
Should you forswear a system you rightly think unfair at the cost of not getting an internship?
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2018
“I thought you did not want the crown! Only yesterday, before we wed, you said you would forswear Denmark’s throne.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Vocabulary lists containing forswear
Romeo and Juliet
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Othello
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