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How to use the word Promise in a Sentence? Page #11

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We made a promise to the family that we're gon na be there for special events, being the first football game, we gathered agencies from across the valley to let him know that we're still there, even though his dad's not.

Police Officer Javier Lara

Found on CNN
4 years ago

In the wake of this weekend's unprovoked attack on several oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, I promise you, we're ready. As the President said, we don't want war with anybody, but the United States is prepared -- we're locked and loaded.

Mike Pence

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The FIFA statutes say that discrimination on grounds of gender is punishable by suspension or expulsion, if the statutes are not worth upholding, then withdraw them and let football be honest to the women of Iran. Because at the moment, despite the promise, equality is a lie.

Former Australia captain

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Malaria continues to strip communities around the world of promise and economic potential.

Winnie Mpanju-Shumbusho

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

President Trump's selfish decision to raid military construction funding is a new low in his ridiculous pursuit of a campaign promise. These projects, including the Space Control Facility at Peterson Air Force Base, were identified by the Department of Defense and the Trump Administration as critical to our military readiness. Taking money from operational priorities to pay for a wasteful and ineffective wall is grossly irresponsible and undermines our national security.

Michael Bennet

Found on CNN
4 years ago

This is just the beginning, I promise.

Coco Gauff .

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Climate change can not only be addressed by the United States. It is a global issue, but my promise to you is, instead of ignoring this issue as President Donald Trump does, I will help lead the world in bringing countries together to address the issue.

The Sanders

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If he doesn't, the voters will have an opportunity to make it right next fall. He's made a promise throughout the Midwest and he's broken the promise.

Gene Gebolys

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Pretty early on when I realized I was lost I came to grasp with the possibility of me dying and actually came quite to peace with it and was not too worried, [It] felt like of all the places to die, the Bitterroot Wilderness is the place to do it. But, remembering the promise that I had made to Arden, that I would come home safe and take care of that baby, my mind switched and it was survival mode for the next 5 days after that. The focus was just getting home no matter what.

Arden Laga

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

While we urge our Senate colleagues to act, Democrats in the House will continue to make good on our promise to work to keep our communities safe, there is more that we can and must do to address the gun violence epidemic.

Democratic Chairman Jerrold Nadler

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We close in style, with the promise made to Italians, we will cut 345 lawmakers and then, for the sake of dignity, honesty and coherence, we will go straight to a vote.

Matteo Salvini

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The promise of a trade deal coming this year, I think that's becoming less and less likely, that does set up the market possibly for a correction at this point.

Rahul Shah

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I promise to tell the truth and to be able to represent the information and the hard analysis from the intelligence community professionals as accurately and as forthcoming as I possibly can, and I am more than willing to speak truth to power.

Admiral Maguire

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We have to focus on where Donald Trump is failing, donald Trump is malpractice personified. We've got to point that out. ... Why are we lurching from one international crisis to another ? All things he promised American voters. We have to focus on that and the economy and jobs and training, so that we can promise a future for America that everybody wants to invest in.

John Hickenlooper

Found on CNN
4 years ago

As far as I know, President Trump did not promise the cancellation of this upcoming military exercise, if he had done that ... we would have been consulted and organized it and used it very strategically.

Choi Jong-kun

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

What's going to stand out for Democrats is his promise to spend tens of millions of dollars on his own presidential campaign. That's not going to be very popular.

Raphael Sonenshein

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Today, we will honor our promise to the hard-working men and women of labor as we lift the Cadillac Tax, protecting health benefits that workers have negotiated.

Nancy Pelosi

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

To relegate those kinds of things to an arbitration proceeding, in my view is fundamentally inconsistent with the historical promise of our corporate law. It is not our brand.

Leo Strine

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Today ends our presidential campaign, but it is the beginning of an opportunity in Congress, with a new perspective shaped by the lives that have touched mine and our campaign throughout these last three months, to bring that promise of America to all Americans.

Eric Swalwell

Found on CNN
4 years ago

In addition, if localities are not taking action to desegregate schools, Elizabeth believes the federal government has a constitutional obligation to step in to deliver on the promise of Brown v. Board, including, if necessary, busing, she has plainly done her homework.

Kristen Orthman

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The strong indication of the increase in the deforestation rate during the government of Brazils Jair Bolsonaro shouldn't surprise anyone, it's, after all, the accomplishing of a campaign promise : Brazils Jair Bolsonaro was the first president in all of Brazil's history to be elected with an openly anti-environmental and anti-indigenous speech.

Carlos Rittl

Found on CNN
4 years ago

In our faith tradition, when we welcome children into the community, we promise to cherish them and protect them, a promise we make to them, their families, and before God. For the victims and survivors of past abuse and your families, this promise was broken. I apologize for that failing and ask for your forgiveness.

Mariann Edgar Budde

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Thanks to United States Supreme Court, the census will remain a tool for delivering on our government's promise of fairness and equity.

Letitia James

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods.

H. L. Mencken

added by Normando
4 years ago

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