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vouchsafe

[vouch-seyf] / vaʊtʃˈseɪf /


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“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

And requiring that staff safeguard themselves and others is not “socialism”; it’s a necessity to vouchsafe the public welfare.

From Washington Post Nov. 19, 2021

All of my life, I had never rid myself of the preposterous idea that someday Young would vouchsafe to me some life-altering truth, until one day it happened.

From New York Times Aug. 20, 2019

Only regarding the next can we vouchsafe certainty.

From The New Yorker Nov. 14, 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

“Is it the blessed Winifred, who again vouchsafes to address me?”

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth

To a timid question of the Syrian's she vouchsafes no answer, but proceeds to comment on the sweetness of the night air and the heterogenous collection of guests whom Herod is entertaining.

From Oscar Wilde by Leonard Cresswell Ingleby

Ma in kati quiere decir no quiero, ellos lo escriben a partes desta manera:— This is all on the subject the bishop vouchsafes us.

From The Ancient Phonetic Alphabet of Yucatan by Daniel Garrison Brinton

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

Only much later does Anthony realize that he has been vouchsafed a vision of the Grail King.

From Washington Post Dec. 27, 2017

Frantically, I riffled the pages of my book, hoping to be vouchsafed a map.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

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

With a low murmur, he stood up, shot his shirt-cuffs, whistled to his dog, and strode away without vouchsafing her another look.

From The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann




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