swear

Example Sentences

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“I came here and I walked around and I was like, I swear my family has been in this house,” she said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

‘I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic . . .”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

In the nave she will swear an oath on the Saint John's Bible, the first time a new bible has been used since 1945, in what is being seen as a reflection of modernisation.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

"It's a great contrast. The white, with the black," Trump told reporters as he showed them the ongoing work after a ceremony to swear in new the Homeland Security secretary, Markwayne Mullin.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

“I swear an oath to you now that I have told no one else. Only Malwina, for the sake of her children. But I cannot say who she has told.”

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron