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How to use the word promises in a Sentence? Page #9

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[Mancano] promised me a lot in this case and he didn’t keep his promises. He promised me a short…if I cooperate with the government, i did, but he never came back to see me, never told me what my relationship with the government is.

Ali Charaf Damache

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Promises mean everything, but after they are broken, sorry means nothing.

Pauline Musariri

added by anonymous
6 years ago

When enough people make false promises, words stop meaning anything, then there are no answers just better and better lies.

Jon Snow

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Soldiers' bellies are not satisfied with empty promises and hopes.

Peter The Great

added by regnumveritatis
6 years ago

Here’s what I will say : we have a list of campaign promises that are up on Steve Bannon’s wall, and we’re going right through those campaign promises.

Anthony Scaramucci

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Policymakers should not be misled by slick Microsoft promises.

Dennis Wharton

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Every restitution is a victory for us, i cannot make any promises.

Nina Zimmer

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

For the past fifteen years, our leaders have let the people of Hawaii and our country down, allowing the situation in North Korea to worsen to this point of crisis where we are left with nothing but bad options, as long as the U.S. is waging regime change wars, we are far less likely to reach a diplomatic solution in North Korea because they have no reason to believe our promises.

Tulsi Gabbard

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I often had problems keeping my promises, what I promised in 2013, either I did or wasn't allowed to do.

Hassan Rouhani

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Those are the things that I got elected to do, those are the things that are within our purview in Congress. So I'm working on making sure that we make good on our promises and fix people's problems. That's what's in my control, and that's what I'm focused on.

Paul Ryan

Found on CNN
6 years ago

As someone who wants to win elections in California, I want every single day to be about making good on our promises, preferably. That being said, we don't always get that opportunity.

Ron Nehring

Found on CNN
6 years ago

I was inspired by President Obama's vision for America and all the promises that he laid out for our country, and this award really recognizes that he made tough choices over the last eight years to execute on that vision, to give people health care, to get serious about climate change and to reach out to international partners and really improve America's standing in the world -- and that takes political courage.

Jack Schlossberg

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Today, the sunny, flamboyant promises of better health care at a lower cost during a political campaign gave way to the cold, dark realities of politics in America.

Paul Gionfriddo

Found on CNN
6 years ago

President Trump has made some promises, and we hope he doesn't fill them, including moving the embassy.

Mohammed Shtayyeh

Found on CNN
6 years ago

I think that all of those things show that what I said back in March of 2016, I wasn't right, donald Trump's proving that Donald Trump's keeping Donald Trump promises, unlike most politicians who come to Washington.

Jenny Beth Martin

Found on CNN
7 years ago

President Trump is wasting no time acting on his promises, we look forward to working with the president to build on these actions and deliver results for the people.

Paul Ryan

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Performance Is Worth A Fortune Than Promises. Persistence is far more important than perfection. Possibilities are for winners as problems are for quitters. Quality of your preparation determines the quality of your PERFORMANCE. reaching the goal is not a problem. problem is not having a goal at all. Scores are temporary, education is permanent. Make the best of it. season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

Harsh Malik

added by harshmalik
7 years ago

The days of broken promises and the days of running out the clock on agreements with the wider world are over.

Mike Pence

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I Google 'foreclosure prevention' every day, and nine out of the 10 things I see, they're charging a lot of money and making promises that are too good to be true, people don't realize nonprofits can help you out and get good results for free.

Colleen Hernandez

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I hope that the current administration lives up to the promises it has made to advance human rights for everyone by raising this issue directly with Russia's leaders, the United States must lead the way to demand an end to these egregious violations of human rights.

Joe Biden

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Donald Trump's promises to working families throughout the campaign were lies, in reality, his administration has abandoned them to finance policies that help no one but the wealthiest Americans.

Andrew Bates

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I sincerely regret the promises I had made to female runners that they would be able to run, and (to) the US and UK runners who were very motivated that were not able to secure their visas.

Dutchman Sebastiaan Straten

Found on CNN
7 years ago

President Trump is never going to stop fighting to keep his promises to the American people.

President Trump

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

These are the conservative solutions we campaigned on and these are the conservative solutions the American people asked us as a group to deliver, we are keeping our promises.

Donald Trump

Found on CNN
7 years ago

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