swore

Example Sentences

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"We swore we'd learn. We promised things would change but here we are," a highly frustrated European diplomat told me.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

After the 1973 oil shock, the U.S. and allies swore to maintain emergency stockpiles to make sure there could never be a repeat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

“It’s the first time we swore in our lyrics, and in a way, we didn’t want to be afraid to capture that feeling we have inside and express it in music,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

The red, white and blue banner graced courthouses where Jewish intellectuals who fled Nazism swore allegiance to the United States.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026

Then without a word we all knelt down together, and, all holding hands, swore to be true to each other.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker