troth

Example Sentences

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But even if he were a corporeal being, he could never pledge his troth to another.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2017

Donald Trump is about to pledge his troth.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 19, 2017

Marie Ledger detects the “sweet scent of irony in Lord Grantham falling for the parlor maid,” what with him being so harsh on Sibyl for pledging her troth to the chauffeur.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2012

I wonder, by my troth, what thou and IDid, till we loved?

From The Guardian • Feb. 10, 2012

Reginald advised that the troth had to be dropped only a little bit at a time.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey