break one's word
Example Sentences
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And it's downright wicked to break one's word.
From A Little Florida Lady by Paine, Dorothy C. (Dorothy Charlotte)
To break one's word is pleasure-fraught, To do one's duty gives a smart; While man, alas! will promise nought, That is repugnant to his heart.
From The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres by Bowring, Edgar Alfred
One of these—pride in appearing not to need to break one's word, he supposes too rare to be presumed upon.
From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander
