promises
Example Sentences
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Her introduction promises “a wild, weird and fantastical ride”—and she delivers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
He’s effectively already on the ballot, so he might as well seek to make that an asset—by rolling out a set of bold final promises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
"We are looking for a leader who sticks to his plans, not just talking the promises that he makes," agreed Conrad Mutangili, a 19-year-old mechanical engineering student who had come out of curiosity.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Thousands of teachers have protested regularly since mid-September as the movement against "unfulfilled promises" spread from Tripoli to Benghazi, in the east.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Speaking of promises, a “sacred compact had been made when the nation was founded in 1787, compact which brought us together mutually to relinquish a share of our interests to preserve the remainder.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
