promise
Example Sentences
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Before the season began, Vonn had promised not to take any unnecessary risks while she mounted her comeback—except once it came to the Olympics.
You don’t need one from every group; you’re just looking for promising overlaps.
From Salon
Outside some cancers, he says, the promise of precision medicine has remained elusive.
Each student then wrote a letter to his or her older self, promising immediate steps to begin caring for that elder version’s needs—such as retirement savings and housing.
He has played on patriotic sentiment after the two short border wars with Cambodia last year, and promising to defend the status of traditional Thai institutions like the monarchy and military.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
