"We sceptics," he averred, "have a vital point." We should look sceptically at grand plans and utopian visions.
The solution, one Republican state senator helpfully averred, was for the governor to resign.
They averred that the symbol was not mere scarlet cloth, tinged in an earthly dye-pot, but was red-hot with infernal fire, and could be seen glowing all alight whenever Hester Prynne walked abroad in the night-time.
Never mind what was in the former RBS chief executive's contract, Harriet Harman averred.
He many a time spoke sternly to me about my pertness; and averred that the stab of a knife could not inflict a worse pang than he suffered at seeing his lady vexed.
