Avers

Since then, Mr. Perrin avers, "there has been fundamentally no break in creativity, style and purpose in design and the decorative arts." ❋ Emma Crichton-Miller (2010)

Tatarstan, he avers, is the last hope for Muslims in the former Soviet Union. ❋ JDsg (2007)

No school, he avers, is so much better than the local college that it’s worth gambling with your financial future. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The second of his three sermons on the Assumption is especially notable for its detailed account of the translation of the body of the Blessed Virgin into heaven, an account, he avers, that is based on the most reliable and ancient tradition. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

One point he solemnly avers, which is, that he will never part with it under the price above - mentioned. ❋ Thomas Moore (1815)

In olden times in Europe a tenant was bound to do certain work for the lord of the manor -- largely in carting grain and turf -- horse-work; and in the yearly settlement of accounts the just proportion of the large and small work performed was estimated according to the work done by "avers" ❋ Various (N/A)

Worried about the economic costs of abolition, Jefferson avers ❋ Clarence Lusane (2011)

And whosoever exalts the spirit over the flesh, by his own creed avers that a crime of the spirit is vastly more terrible than a crime of the flesh. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Designed by the Polshek Partnership, that 2004 addition to the original classical landmark 1915 "looks like an overwrought entry to an airport terminal," Mr. Semes avers. ❋ Catesby Leigh (2011)

It was, Mr. McLynn avers, an avoidable conflict—and a sad end to a towering career. ❋ Michael J. Ybarra (2011)

And so, Isbell avers, Genesis has it right: the snake made us human. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"One of the reasons I am writing this book," she avers, "is that I came to feel, especially as I saw the real, not-for-prime-time struggles of much older friends, that I was presenting a half-truth that amounted to a lie." ❋ Joseph Epstein (2011)

She avers that she loves the sea and the atmosphere of sea-life, yet, verily, she has brought her home-things and land-things along with her -- even to her pretty china for afternoon tea. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Less than half the civil service pensioner base has bank loans, so there's room to grow, Farid avers. ❋ Dadan Wijaksana (2011)

Ms. Pomeroy avers that brown butter "is super easy to make" and this version is easier than most. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Only on "Middle of Love" does optimism sound within Sexsmith's reach, as he avers that, having found true love, he "can't go back/from a palace to a shack/from e-mail to a fax machine." ❋ Unknown (2011)

"This is an American opera, about American mythology" avers Mr. Adams in an interview this month at the Juilliard School, across from the Met. ❋ Nick Frisch (2011)