She knew that he had avowed his love for her.
At length however she was empowered to disengage herself from her friend, by the avowed necessity of speaking to Miss Tilney, whom she most joyfully saw just entering the room with Mrs.
Lynde's that evening, was actuated by any motive save her avowed one of returning the quilting frames she had borrowed the preceding winter, it was an amiable weakness shared by most of the Avonlea people.
Xi Jinping, China's president and an avowed football fan, has said he wanted to make the country a football powerhouse, with the government earlier this year approving a programme that aims to elevate China's national team to among Asia's best by 2030.
" I was surprised at the coolness with which John avowed his knowledge of the island, and I own I was half-frightened when I saw him drawing nearer to myself.
