land of promise
Example Sentences
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Senate, Scott often points to his personal story as proof that America remains a land of promise.
From Reuters • May 19, 2023
“They really felt like this was the land of promise, and so we want our children to have an education, but I think they were also quite scared of American culture,” she says.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021
A land of promise and false promises, built on swamps and speculation, purported site of the Fountain of Youth and a place where people go to die.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2019
The government estimates that in 5½ years, some 250,000 people have settled in the unregulated sprawl called Canaan, named for the biblical land of promise and prosperity.
From Washington Times • Jun. 26, 2015
March on in the morning light By a path like that which your forefathers trod, When from Mizraim forth by Moses led Toward the land of promise their way they sped.
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan
