disowning

Example Sentences

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He was born in Los Angeles to a white American mother and a Japanese father, the latter effectively disowning him while he was still in the womb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The families of both Abu Shabab and Al-Astal issued statements disowning them.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2025

The Jewish Community of Guatemala has issued a statement disowning the sect, describing it as foreign to its own organisation.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

The trend is so pronounced that some Chinese activists have taken to making preemptive “if I lose my freedom” videos, disowning any future “confessions” they might be forced to make.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2021

I heard women reveal to men that the children they’d raised were not theirs and elderly parents inform grown sons and daughters that they were disowning them.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat