man of his word
Example Sentences
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"I just cracked up laughing of course, because that's what any woman would want to hear, but it's our life, so it's pretty wonderful. He was a man of his word."
From BBC • May 11, 2025
Carter — who died Sunday at the age of 100 — was, as always, a man of his word.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2024
A true leader, a man of his word and an optimist, he traveled the journey of his life with dignity and faced courageously the cruel disease that darkened his final years.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022
"All I know is what Sen. Perdue has told me, I hope he'll be a man of his word, but again, that's not anything I can control," Kemp said.
From Salon • Dec. 5, 2021
He says he won't forget, asks us if he's a man of his word and everyone except my mother nods.
From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
