Sentence examples for abjure from inspiring English sources
'abjure' is a correct and usable word in written English. It is a verb meaning to formally and publicly reject or disavow a previously held belief, principle, or loyalty. You can use it when you want to emphasize the solemn nature of a disavowal. Example sentence: The politician was forced to abjure her support for the controversial bill in order to remain in office.
Not only did he abjure the cardinal's residence in the Argentinian capital for a small apartment and reject a chauffeur-driven car to travel by bus, he also told hundreds of Argentinians not to waste their money on plane tickets to Rome to see him created a cardinal by John Paul II in 2001, urging them to give it instead to the poor.
Some programmers may wear braces to hold their trousers up (they pair nicely with socks and sandals), but abjure them in coding for the sake of simplicity (among other reasons).Apple has found, to its detriment, that omitting braces may help explain one of the largest security flaws in the company's history and how it was missed.
He ruled by a sword called "Joyeuse"; anathema to those good EU citizens who abjure war and adopt "Ode to Joy" as their anthem.
America's citizenship ceremony continues to demand that candidates "renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince" despite its government's largely liberal approach to the issue.
He wanted to modulate the action, let the plots wander, abjure the standard panel-format, and "talk about heartbreak": in other words, to write and draw for adults.
They must abjure inflammatory language, resist overreaction and collective punishments and stand up to radicals in their midst.
The far right in Hungary really is anti-Semitic, but in France and the Netherlands these days populists now abjure anti-Semitism, even as they denounce Muslim migrants.Moving to Israel may fulfil a religious, cultural or political longing for some Jews but it is hardly safer.
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