land of promise
Example Sentences
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Senate, Scott often points to his personal story as proof that America remains a land of promise.
From Reuters • May 19, 2023
“They really felt like this was the land of promise, and so we want our children to have an education, but I think they were also quite scared of American culture,” she says.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021
A land of promise and false promises, built on swamps and speculation, purported site of the Fountain of Youth and a place where people go to die.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2019
The government estimates that in 5½ years, some 250,000 people have settled in the unregulated sprawl called Canaan, named for the biblical land of promise and prosperity.
From Washington Times • Jun. 26, 2015
She turned to the mission settlement in her thoughts as to a land of promise and peace, an asylum where her religion and her innocence would be respected.
From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Walworth, Ellen H.
