Sentence examples for were avowed from inspiring English sources
verb
To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
They were avowed enemies, symbols of nationalism during the Balkan conflict.
It said 33percentt of Mr. Blitzer's guests over all were "avowed conservatives".
Only a small minority of IWW militants were avowed anarchists, however.
Many of his friends – some of whom he later betrayed – were avowed communists.
Other American authors of the same period or slightly later were avowed followers of French naturalists led by Émile Zola.
When Congress assembled on Dec. 3, 1855, 43 representatives were avowed members of the Know-Nothing party.
The directors' intervention is overt; their subjectivity is avowed.
Spreading radically subversive memes is Mr. Lasn's avowed mission.
And indeed, some members of Mr Rajapaksa's regime, including General Fonseka, are avowed Sinhalese chauvinists.
Both are avowed minimalists, and neither has lugged around the artifacts that tend to create clutter.
Both sides in this debate are avowed enemies of what might be called old India, which remains in many respects the India of today.
