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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

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

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

When he vouchsafes to give answers, his inspiration takes the form of frenzy—but he neither hurts nor speaks to any one.

From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

While experience has proven this otherwise incredible fact, John vouchsafes the admonition notwithstanding: "Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you."

From Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent by Martin Luther

And in return, I promise them, that if a Frenchman ever vouchsafes to write in the German Language, I will forgive him any Errors that he may commit.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by Karl Ludwig von P?llnitz

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

I want you,” Lawless returned, without vouchsafing any explanation.

From Grit Lawless by F.E. Mills Young




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