Achilli, averring that he was unworthy of credit, because he had been expelled from the Church of Rome for dissolute habits.
I think he is under a mistake inaverring that there is any severity in the sheath spur.
As my good fortune would have it, Abel Snipe had taken out a policy of ensurance, so that I recovered the money from the company; but not without going to law, the company averring that my humanity rendered me careless.
Leonie) dimly remembers, averring that 'she has been dazzled BY A LIGHT ON THE LEFT SIDE.
For the rest, Jeanne recanted her so-called recantation, averring that she was unaware of the contents or full significance of the document, which certainly is not the very brief writing to which she set her mark.
We are far, therefore, from averring that such tales are necessarily false.
Chaucer, therefore, could not be serious in averring that the fairy superstitions were obsolete in his day, since they were found current three centuries afterwards.
He was brought before the judge upon a charge averring that he conjured the fruits of the earth, produced by his neighbours' farms, into his own possession.
Shortly after none (4) the queen rose, and roused the rest of the ladies, as also the young men, averring that it was injurious to health to sleep long in the daytime.
So did the doctor, though invited to tarry, averring that the sun had gone down behind the firmament and he had something to attend to at home.
Then Charlton went, averring that he wanted at least a night and a half of sleep between two such journeys as the one of that day and the one before him on the next,--especially as he must resign himself to going without anything to eat.
I was not overmuch astonished when he denied my request, averring that the young man was a villainous rascal, whose guilt was manifest, and whom he would assuredly hang as a warning to all traitors.
Let me suppose somebody arriving at Dover or Folkestone, calling himself Charles Stuart, and averring that, as the legitimate descendant of that House, he was the rightful King of England.
He rang for a domestic, and, in spite of himself, he could not help averring to his own heart, that it was a relief to see the face of a human being in his magnificent solitude.
The old ladies were peculiarly severe in their comments, averring that no well-bred man would have thought of interfering with a marriage.
But Isoult shook her head, averring that neither Dr Thorpe nor even the Hot Gospeller could find a man for the time.
As to the tenderness of his feelings at this time, Addington, who knew him well, gives striking testimony, averring that in his disposition there was "very much of the softness and milkiness of human nature.
Pitt took their side, averring that sport was a relaxation well suited to the higher Orders of State, but likely to entice farmers away "from more serious and useful occupations.
As we know, Burke vehemently maintained the contrary, averring that the French plague, unless crushed at Paris, would infect the world.
Before its close she had obtained a promise from him to take her up to Natchitoches for the very next entertainment,--averring that she didn’t care what David said.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "averring" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
