promise
Example Sentences
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When Suzanna discovers the deception, Rose tries to convince her to stay in the marital home by promising her freedom in their life together.
From Barron's
The direct competition promises to stoke an even hotter 21st-century space race—this time between this era’s real superpowers: billionaires.
The study also highlights newly identified genes that could become promising targets for future treatments.
From Science Daily
In her first campaign for City Council in 2020, Raman ran on a promise to address the city’s homelessness crisis in a humanitarian way, by moving unhoused residents into temporary and permanent housing.
From Los Angeles Times
But the approach only works if the school has enough cash—and enough faith in those managers that their funds will perform as promised.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
