swearing in

[swair-ing-in] / ˈswɛər ɪŋˈɪn /

NOUN

solemn promise

Synonyms

WEAK

enthronement inauguration induction installation investiture solemn declaration vow

Example Sentences

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A teaser for the documentary released in December showed the former model looking to the camera just before her husband's second swearing-in at the US Capitol and saying: "Here we go again."

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Shortly after the swearing-in, the military reopened land, air and sea borders that were shut when it announced the coup.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

Keith Ellison had to defend using Thomas Jefferson’s Quran at his 2007 swearing-in, amid baseless claims of Muslim disloyalty.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2025

Johnson in January did swear in two GOP congressmen during a pro forma session—though the speaker notes that their swearing-in date had already been set and the House was unexpectedly out of session.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

And so I treated the swearing-in ceremony like it was a movie with an exhaustingly slow build and an anticlimactic ending.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi