Sentence examples for but renounced from inspiring English sources

Mr. D'Escoto was born in Los Angeles, but renounced his American citizenship, diplomats said.

Ms. Olson made her guilty plea on Oct. 31 but renounced it minutes later outside court.

But at a hearing this year before the committee, Judge Smith all but renounced the message of his earlier speech.

Lin, the son of a Chinese Presbyterian minister, was educated for the ministry but renounced Christianity in his early 20s and became a professor of English.

Under the settlement, Ms. Norton not only agreed to withdraw the 2.6 million acres from wilderness consideration but renounced the department's authority to conduct wilderness reviews anywhere in the country.

And across the nation, we abide by the archaic rules of an electoral college that has all but renounced its first responsibility: to elect someone fit to be president.

But renouncing your citizenship isn't without its consequences.

He is committed to the establishment of a united Ireland, but renounces violent struggle and acknowledges the complexities of dealing with the Protestant majority in the North.

However, that the likes of Richard Perle, a neo-con heavyweight now all but renounces his position as a supporter and promoter of the invasion and occupation of Iraq, must serve as a wake-up call.

Say it with your mouth but renounce it in your head.' That's when More gives that great speech about how you are holding your soul in your hands like sand, and if you begin to open your fingers, even just a little bit, it all begins to spill out".

He admits he and SCDP made a ton of money from the drug, but renounces it, saying that he can sleep at night with the break achieved.