PROMISE in a Sentence
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342 example sentences for PROMISE, such as:
1. A man apt to promise is apt to forget.
2. Better deny at once than promise long.
3. This promise drew from me the warmest thanks.
4. They made him promise, under penalty of death.
5. To promise and give nothing is comfort to a fool.
2. Better deny at once than promise long.
3. This promise drew from me the warmest thanks.
4. They made him promise, under penalty of death.
5. To promise and give nothing is comfort to a fool.
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Meanings and Examples of PROMISE
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promise
v. make a promise or commitment
v. make a prediction about; tell in advance
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Inspirited by this wind of promise, my daydreams become more fervent and vivid.
2 This promise drew from me the warmest thanks.
3 A change indeed had taken place in me; my health, which had hitherto declined, was now much restored; and my spirits, when unchecked by the memory of my unhappy promise, rose proportionably.
4 My promise fulfilled, the monster would depart forever.
5 I had now neglected my promise for some time, and I feared the effects of the daemon's disappointment.
6 I thought with a sensation of madness on my promise of creating another like to him, and trembling with passion, tore to pieces the thing on which I was engaged.
7 They insisted, therefore, that I should engage with a solemn promise that if the vessel should be freed I would instantly direct my course southwards.
8 She held my hand impersonally, as a promise that she'd take care of me in a minute, and gave ear to two girls in twin yellow dresses who stopped at the foot of the steps.
9 The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.
10 Thirty--the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning brief-case of enthusiasm, thinning hair.
11 I was relieved too for that seemed to promise another friend at Gatsby's grave.
12 Open a passage; and I promise ye, Mistress Prynne shall be set where man, woman, and child may have a fair sight of her brave apparel from this time till an hour past meridian.
13 When we last spake together," said Hester, "now seven years ago, it was your pleasure to extort a promise of secrecy as touching the former relation betwixt yourself and me.
14 When he gave his promise to his father, he meditated within himself to increase the fortunes of his sisters by the present of a thousand pounds a-piece.
15 But as he required the promise, I could not do less than give it; at least I thought so at the time.
Example Sentence: (132 in 9 pages)
1 I'll do my damnedest to fix it, but I can't promise anything.
2 The promise of some basic working rights draws murmurs of approval.
3 Beware salespeople who promise offers that seem too good to be true.
4 They made him promise, under penalty of death.
5 He is not a person whose promise you can build on.
6 I'm too much of a cynic to believe that he'll keep his promise.
7 Better deny at once than promise long.
8 You can borrow my camera if you promise to take care of/look after it.
9 The promise of tax cuts became the dominant element in the campaign.
10 The promise of tax cuts proved, as always, to be the Republican Party's trump card.
11 The promise of lower taxation may have been just an election gimmick to gain votes.
12 Please feel assured that we will abide by our promise.
13 A man apt to promise is apt to forget.
14 To promise and give nothing is comfort to a fool.
15 Those who are quick to promise are generally slow to perform.