Averred

Examples

• Wouldn't have offended either gentleman for the world, she averred. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• No one ventured on board the vessel, and strange sights were averred to be seen at night, walking the deck, and hanging on the masts and shrouds. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Something or somebody has been here, was sagely averred. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The public was skeptical, however, and some averred that he was a lightning calculator who did sums in his head and printed them on the machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She averred they were a mystery to herself, and that what she knew was chiefly from conjecture. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He said I was a capricious witch, and that he would rather sing another time; but I averred that no time was like the present. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A Pisan antiquarian gave me an ancient tear-jug which he averred was full four thousand years old. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It would, she averred, be presumption in her to take a single step unauthorized by them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But, then, a voice within me averred that I could do it and foretold that I should do it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

Checker: Salvatore