troth

Example Sentences

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He jokes and wheedles and begs and tells stories and pledges his troth.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2019

But even if he were a corporeal being, he could never pledge his troth to another.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2017

The coronation scene, in which Elizabeth is anointed and pledges her troth to the nation and God, really moved me, though I’m still a confirmed anti-monarchist.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2016

Safe Haven, a soft-hearted candy sampler from the Nicholas Sparks series of romance novels, also opened solidly, but the weekend was still nothing for Hollywood to plight its troth over.

From Time • Feb. 18, 2013

I told him, when he asked, that I’d never been in trouble with the police— and up to then, that was the troth.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey