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How to use the word Promised in a Sentence?

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

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So many people in America think that somehow America is immune to tyranny, and somehow a dictatorship begins like North Korea, it did n’t begin there. It began with amazing promises of equity. They promised a socialist paradise to us.

Britney Spears

Found on New York Times
10 months ago

My wife keeps telling me, ‘ But how could this happen ? You always promised me that Canada was a peaceful country, but now we’re starting to flee as if we’re back home.

Rey Steve Mabiala

Found on New York Times
10 months ago

We have to deliver swiftly and fully on our promised commitments, that includes delivering our armored capabilities to the battlefield and ensuring that Ukrainian soldiers get the training, spare parts and maintenance support that they need to use these new systems as soon as possible.

Lloyd Austin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I promised to establish this hotline so that anyone could report the teaching of inappropriate lessons that rob students of precious minutes of instruction time in core academic subjects such as reading, math, science, history and the arts. That promise is being kept.

Tom Horne

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These are the moments that we were worried about, a moment of trust. When we did everything so that the two sides came together, looked into each other’s eyes, the Russian side promised that there would be a civilized exit for our soldiers.

Oleksandr Kovalov

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A moment of trust. When we did everything so that the two sides came together, looked into each other’s eyes, the Russian side promised that there would be a civilized exit for our soldiers.

Oleksandr Kovalov

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We were promised that help is coming. But we’re getting a little impatient here, we maybe have a week’s food left. A lot of our stores are closed now because of roof collapse and the gas stations seem to be short on fuel still.

Derek Hayes

Found on CNN
1 year ago

No, the Obama administration is afraid of you, it is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised – and it should be.

Edward Snowden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Tanner Horner’s indictment is the beginning of a long road through the justice system. I appreciate everyone’s continued support and for keeping Athena’s name and memory alive. Please take a moment to hug your children and loved ones. No one is promised another day.

Maitlyn Gandy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I had promised that I will break the hands and legs of those who do not consider cows their mother and kill them.

Vikram Saini

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We can go around and around in circles about trying to talk about and defining socialism, but at its core I was intrigued by an op-ed that I saw not too long ago by a Democrat from Cuba commenting on one of our colleagues, an avowed socialist, and essentially pointing out the extent to which democratic socialism is a lot like the system my family fled except its proponents promised to be nicer when seizing your business. That’s the truth, we can talk about these terms as if they don't matter, but they do. They do matter. They're actually at the core of who we are.

Chip Roy

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I've been hurt by some of the things that have been said about me. And I have had to run against a chair who promised two years ago that this would have been her last term as chair.

Harmeet Dhillon

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

When I ran for office, I promised to make government work for the American people. That’s what Jeff does. A big task ahead is now implementing the laws we’ve gotten passed efficiently and fairly.

President Biden

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We watch antisemitism grow, not just on our campuses, but we watched it grow in the halls of Congress, i promised you last year that as speaker she will no longer be on Foreign Affairs, and I’m keeping that promise.

Kevin McCarthy

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Effectively this is money that the government owes to itself, the government has promised it’s going to repay it. The only reason that it’s in a jam now is because of the debt ceiling.

Steven Pressman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The reality of the situation is these migrants are being promised things before they cross the border that are just not available.

Fabien Levy

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

No one gets promised anything.

Kevin McCarthys

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The policies pursued by these states have sparked a mass exodus of productive Americans from these jurisdictions, with Florida serving as the most desired destination, a promised land of sanity, many of these cities and states have embraced faddish ideology at the expense of enduring principles.

Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I think he’s done a wonderful job of being the bridge that he promised to be.

Dean Phillips

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

In order to make America great and glorious again. I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States, but just as I promised in 2016, I am your voice. I am your voice. The Washington establishment wants to silence us, but we will not let them do that. What we have built together over the past six years is the greatest movement in history because it is not about politics. It's about our love for this great country, America, and we're not going to let it fail.

Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

But just as I promised in 2016, I am your voice. I am your voice. The Washington establishment wants to silence us, but we will not let them do that. What we have built together over the past six years is the greatest movement in history because it is not about politics. It's about our love for this great country, America, and we're not going to let it fail.

Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Joe Biden promised unity but has instead demonized and smeared Americans, while making life more expensive for all, while Republicans remain focused on the issues that matter most to voters, Joe Biden and Democrats are flailing in the final days, because they have lost touch with the concerns of families struggling to get by.

Ronna Romney

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Expanding Title 42 to now include Venezuelans adds salt to an open wound while further eroding our asylum system that President Biden promised to restore.

Bob Menendez

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

A lady came here and promised that we will be provided mosquito nets but she never came back, i am still waiting for that. They also registered my name but she didn't return.

Kainat Solangi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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