Sentences with disown
dis·own
D d - The man who murdered the girl is no son of mine. I disown him. [VERB noun]
- Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn't go through with marrying Count Paris.
- That is why he hastens to disown authorship.
- Gullibility of the poor and the subconscious desire of the African nouveau riche to disown their heritage and even their skin colour.
- To disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
- This is not to say the party should disown its achievements.
- Suddenly, the big-haired, Day-Glo decade that modern pop had tried to disown was being reassessed with renewed affection.