Disavowing is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Disavowing meaning
present participle and gerund of disavow
Using Disavowing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of disavow
- In the example corpus, disavowing often appears in combinations such as: disavowing the, and disavowing, disavowing any.
Context around Disavowing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Disavowing
- In this selection, "disavowing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, currently, bathrooms, message, pavone, six and roosevelt stand out and add context to how "disavowing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include airplane bathrooms disavowing the accusation and any message disavowing them or. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "disavowing" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with disavowing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Trump said protesters were disavowing Macron's adherence to the 2015 Paris climate accord. (14 words)
The museum has emphasized that it is not disavowing Roosevelt’s legacy, however it may be. (16 words)
This includes the tension between wishing to use the organisation more effectively, and disavowing any wish to lead it. (19 words)
American Airlines is eating its words after its lawyers claimed in a legal filing that a 9-year-old girl was at fault for failing to notice a hidden camera in one of its airplane bathrooms, disavowing the accusation as a mistake. (42 words)
The Minnesota senator and Democratic presidential candidate is disavowing a vote she took more than a decade ago as she tries to build support in Nevada, which has presidential caucuses on Feb. 22, and a large Hispanic population. (38 words)
That wasn’t exactly a new story, because the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) always had an uncomfortable relationship with Haymarket Martyrs, embracing the 8-hour movement but disavowing the revolutionary anarchism of the movement’s leaders. (37 words)
Example sentences (11)
He said he believes pro-life leaders currently disavowing Pavone are doing so, at least in part, because they are jealous of Pavone’s prominent position in the U.S. pro-life movement.
That wasn’t exactly a new story, because the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) always had an uncomfortable relationship with Haymarket Martyrs, embracing the 8-hour movement but disavowing the revolutionary anarchism of the movement’s leaders.
American Airlines is eating its words after its lawyers claimed in a legal filing that a 9-year-old girl was at fault for failing to notice a hidden camera in one of its airplane bathrooms, disavowing the accusation as a mistake.
Throughout the GOP primary season, the former president vacillated between embracing his status as an anti-abortion leader and disavowing six-week abortion bans in states such as Florida.
Simpson also took inspiration from a 60 Minutes interview detailing the disavowing of covert ops soldiers on foreign missions and the anger it would create in the United States' most elite officers.
The covenants inflicted lasting harm on the community and even though they are legally void, the fact is that they remain on countless deeds without any message disavowing them or providing context.
The Minnesota senator and Democratic presidential candidate is disavowing a vote she took more than a decade ago as she tries to build support in Nevada, which has presidential caucuses on Feb. 22, and a large Hispanic population.
The museum has emphasized that it is not disavowing Roosevelt’s legacy, however it may be.
This includes the tension between wishing to use the organisation more effectively, and disavowing any wish to lead it.
Trump said protesters were disavowing Macron's adherence to the 2015 Paris climate accord.
Cavadini pg 39 When he became pope in 590, among his first acts was writing a series of letters disavowing any ambition to the throne of Peter and praising the contemplative life of the monks.
Common combinations with disavowing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: