solemn promise
Example Sentences
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Far fewer know that Abraham Lincoln told his cabinet that he had made a solemn promise to his “Maker” to issue the proclamation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
But that declaration, Lammy said, came with a solemn promise "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine".
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025
“I took what I think is a solemn promise to do everything I could to ensure they were protected and saved.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2024
The credit is a solemn promise that pollution has been avoided.
From Seattle Times • May 23, 2022
It is the one solemn promise every life on earth is born and bound to keep.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
