How to Use disavow in a Sentence

disavow

verb
  • She now seems to be trying to disavow her earlier statements.
  • He disavowed the actions of his subordinates.
  • My mother disavowed her first tears.
    — Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
  • But their party didn’t disavow them.
    — Brilyn Hollyhand, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Moore has mostly disavowed her first few film roles, and with good reason.
    — Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The right must disavow its extremists or be destroyed by them.
    — Garry Kasparov, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Netanyahu has not disavowed his son’s comments.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Targets of the pranksters rushed to disavow the bogus statements.
    — Ryan Mac, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Mia doesn’t exactly disavow it as much as claims that G is fully aware.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
  • But, if you are captured or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of this post.
    — John Scott Lewinski, WIRED, 11 Nov. 2008
  • Cox said, calling on Villaraigosa to disavow the flood of harsh ads and mailers.
    — John Wildermuth, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 2018
  • Taub said Wednesday she was blindsided by the email, and disavowed it.
    — Anthony Man, Sun-Sentinel.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Others expressly disavowed the new blue badge, which seemed to them anything but cool.
    — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The judge was concerned that officials have not disavowed the fund in writing.
    — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 12 June 2026
  • The e-mail is almost as troubling as his interview—and will be harder to disavow.
    — The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
  • This is all linked to amnesty and disavowing violence if Hamas people want to stay there.
    — Mariam Khan, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Some Virginia Democrats disavowed the texts, but few if any called on Jones to drop out of the race.
    — Kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Trump’s campaign has had to disavow Nazi symbology in the past.
    — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The judge says Nassar didn't authorize the statements and has disavowed them.
    — Bloomberg.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Nobody is asking anybody to disavow their beliefs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Campbell on Tuesday asked Janey to disavow the first negative ad of the race.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • By the time the case reached the Supreme Court, though, the government had disavowed the theory.
    — Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 11 May 2023
  • Any Republican who wants my vote in the future is going to have to publicly disavow the lies and the liars.
    — Star Tribune, 13 May 2021
  • Sabra was forced to decide whether to disavow his religion or be punished by getting the answers wrong on the quiz, the lawsuit said.
    — Lorraine Longhi, The Arizona Republic, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Roberts also referred to that ruling — and, in fact, expressly disavowed it, for the first time in the court’s history.
    — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 27 June 2018
  • Lenny’s passport was revoked, and he was forced to disavow the party in order to travel to La Scala.
    — Stephan Salisbury, Philly.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • This is how the liberal order ends, with the United States disavowing it.
    — Kori Schake, The Atlantic, 10 June 2017
  • Even though one patient wanted the treatment, the organization disavowed it, making the group one of the last of its kind to do so.
    — Kayana Szymczak For The New York Times, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • One version of the bill, which Democrats later disavowed, would have required current owners of the rifles to turn them in or face felony charges.
    — Denise Lavoie, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2020
  • Many Proud Boys chapters disavowed him, including part of his own in Miami.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025

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