troth

Example Sentences

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

From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2019

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

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 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

In troth, Renly Baratheon did not frighten Tyrion half so much as his brother Stannis did.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin