The girl eventually repays his kindness by looking after him when he falls ill and is promptly disowned by his employers. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
I believe that people tend to "disown" their ailments. From Wordnik.com. [Health Insurance Puzzle, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
So, it's no wonder these white voters can say they'll "disown" their own party if Obama is the nominee. From Wordnik.com. [Obama still struggles with some Democrats] Reference
I actually think Obama's hesitation to immediately "disown" his former pastor shows backbone and loyalty. From Wordnik.com. [Poll of polls: Obama losing ground] Reference
Clinton's group of supporters are a people who find it easier to "disown" their own family members if they are upset with them. From Wordnik.com. [Obama still struggles with some Democrats] Reference
His explanation that he found some of Wright's fiery sermons "not only wrong but divisive," while he refused to "disown" him, made both moral and political sense. From Wordnik.com. [Molehill Politics] Reference
He said that he could no more "disown" his pastor than he could disown "my white grandmother -- a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me.". From Wordnik.com. [Carol Felsenthal: Obama Should Celebrate the Women Who Raised Him] Reference
Since the HHA Board has five members, in three years a majority could vote to "disown" the property. From Wordnik.com. [flashpoint] Reference
Next, Obama declared that he could no more reject Wright than he could "disown" the black community. From Wordnik.com. [THE RIGHT SCALE] Reference
Rest assured, I won't "disown" you for the suggestions you make regarding Persephone's religious education. From Wordnik.com. [b.rox] Reference
But the other side made up in zeal and activity what they lacked in numbers, and proceeded to "disown" all of the opposite party. From Wordnik.com. [John and Mary; or, The Fugitive Slaves, a Tale of South-Eastern Pennsylvania] Reference
"You admit, then, that you are about to disown me?". From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
Shall lisp the songs which cold dull hearts disown. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 321, July 5, 1828] Reference
I should feel very much inclined to disown him if I had. From Wordnik.com. [Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma] Reference
It was true, he knew, however great his wish to disown it. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
Occasionally we have a jest which Falstaff would not disown. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867] Reference
Seduced by your illusive ambition, you will disown Josephine?. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
Believe me, when you disown me, you disown your good fortune. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
His words were slurred, almost as if he wanted to disown them. From Wordnik.com. [The Defiant Agents] Reference
Or shall we perhaps disown them all for some other and better way. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
Algiers is too wise, or too just, to disown and annul its obligation. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)] Reference
Stephen was eight years old when he first heard his father disown him. From Wordnik.com. [Should the Catholic church scrap its celibacy rule?] Reference
Nay, sir, if you call a marriage a crime, you must disown it for a law. From Wordnik.com. [The Beaux-Stratagem] Reference
I am resolved, however, to disown the obligation rather than pay up for you. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
Oliver would be the first to disown the plain implications of his own argument. From Wordnik.com. [Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative] Reference
To his credit, he does not disown any of the mean things he said about O'Donnell. From Wordnik.com. [TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads] Reference
Rather than disown the suspects, however, BJP grandees have leapt to their defense. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise Of The Hindu Right] Reference
"And even could I support you, my father would disown me were I to take such a step.". From Wordnik.com. [Dawn] Reference
Now suddenly, my own father, who threatened to disown me, might not even remember me. From Wordnik.com. [Unspoken Bonds] Reference
"He shall do it, or I will disown him, and he shall never enter my house again, but shall be --". From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Dodd] Reference
To disown your identity, that is not much easier when you come to think of it than to lose your life. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to His Friends] Reference
Lane, which felt its sole chance for respectability slip away when the court came to disown its patronymic. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
Would you not tell them, wherever an Englishman might travel, shame would stick to him -- he would disown his country. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)] Reference
Obama almost gagged on Reverend Wright's comments suggesting that he had disowned a pastor he said he could never disown. From Wordnik.com. [A Political Rerun] Reference
(Soundbite of song, "Fight Outta You") Mr. HARPER: (Singing) They'll look you in the eyes and stone you, then turn and disown you. From Wordnik.com. [New Songs from the Unstoppable Ben Harper] Reference
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