vouchsafe

A monk named Paschalis devotes his life to a biography of the noncanonical saint Wilgefortis, a venerated Christian noblewoman who grew a beard to vouchsafe her chastity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

“And it’s my first time at the Los Angeles Times Book Festival. I suppose, given the circumstances, it’s OK to vouchsafe my secrets or at least one secret about this book.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2022

Only regarding the next can we vouchsafe certainty.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 14, 2018

In a space becoming tighter by the hour, here was an artist determined to vouchsafe whatever freedom he could for his imagination.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 2018

"To vouchsafe for our good intentions, my brother Ser Perwyn will remain here until she is safely returned to you."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

We secure the latter firmly to the couch; the former vouchsafes to deliver a stream of car chases and oh-no-they-locked-themselves-in-the-walk-in-freezer episodes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although federal law vouchsafes a right to interpreters, financially strapped hospitals often slide by with a minimum of service.

From Time Magazine Archive

Why did I appeal only to God, who vouchsafes me no answer?

From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Stefan Zweig

The offer of reward for evidence against the scapegraces also vouchsafes a pardon to the informant.

From History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time by Maturin Murray Ballou

Cyril leaves me without a word, and goes out looking like a ghost, and you tell me that something is troubling him, and yet neither of you vouchsafes me one word of explanation.'

From Lover or Friend by Rosa Nouchette Carey

Being in Iran hasn’t vouchsafed them much happiness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

God has vouchsafed to me a priceless gift in the weapon of ahimsa.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

But is he listing what he actually saw, or what was vouchsafed to him in the euphoric act of seeing?

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2018

In a landmark judgment in 1992 on PII certificates, Lord Justice Bingham stated: “Public interest immunity is not a trump card vouchsafed to certain privileged players to play when and as they wish”.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2018

The calling voices of all those who had fought and to whom it had been vouchsafed to complete their missions.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

A pivotal battleground would be in the Central Valley, where spraying of the herbicide is common l and agricultural groups defend it as an essential tool in controlling weeds and vouchsafing the food supply.

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2017

Instead, Mr. Pence has thrown himself into the work with relish, constantly vouchsafing the character of “this good man” Donald Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2016

I thank Mr. Nichols for vouchsafing us that glimpse of a watershed opening night in American drama, an uncommon gift from one theater lover to many others.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2012

Lahiri speaks quietly and deliberately, vouchsafing only the occasional smile.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Mollie was too frightened to observe him closely, and vouchsafing no reply to his remark, quickened her steps again.

From The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon