troth

Example Sentences

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This week, however, she finally pledged her troth.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021

He jokes and wheedles and begs and tells stories and pledges his troth.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2019

The coronation scene, in which Elizabeth is anointed and pledges her troth to the nation and God, really moved me, though I’m still a confirmed anti-monarchist.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2016

There was the sticky issue of the wife, the woman to whom barely a year ago he'd pledged eternal troth.

From Time • Jun. 7, 2011

I told him, when he asked, that I’d never been in trouble with the police— and up to then, that was the troth.

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