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

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

Marie Ledger detects the “sweet scent of irony in Lord Grantham falling for the parlor maid,” what with him being so harsh on Sibyl for pledging her troth to the chauffeur.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2012

Reginald advised that the troth had to be dropped only a little bit at a time.

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