solemn promise
Example Sentences
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NAGASAKI, Japan—As a teacher, Michiko Yagi told schoolchildren that Japan had made a solemn promise to the world never to wage war again.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
“I took what I think is a solemn promise to do everything I could to ensure they were protected and saved.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2024
It was signed by Queen Victoria in 1840 and contains a solemn promise by the Crown to protect Māori culture and lands.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2022
The credit is a solemn promise that pollution has been avoided.
From Seattle Times • May 23, 2022
It is the one solemn promise every life on earth is born and bound to keep.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
