swore
Example Sentences
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They clink together as you reach past them — past the chili crisp you swore you’d use more often, the artisanal vinaigrette with a sell-by date approaching — to retrieve the same jar you always do.
From Salon
“If we gave you a name,” said Christopher, “and if I swore, when I get back to my world, to tell stories of the importance of the jaculus—would you let us go?”
From Literature
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“It’s the first time we swore in our lyrics, and in a way, we didn’t want to be afraid to capture that feeling we have inside and express it in music,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times
In his youth, Kostya served in the army and swore an oath to the Soviet Union.
From BBC
It has been a few hours now since President Abraham Lincoln swore to “preserve, protect, and defend the United States Constitution.”
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.