swore

[ swawr, swohr ]

verb

1. a simple past tense of swear.

swore

/ swɔː /

verb

1. See swear
   the past tense of swear

Example Sentences

And there is Simon, the male escort, who finds himself fighting against the longing he long ago swore off.

From The Daily Beast

In another, a woman swore at the reclining passenger in front of her and screamed for the pilot to “put this plane down.”

From The Daily Beast

And when Bill Clinton swore on a stack of Bibles that he rose from a town called Hope, few of us rolled our eyes.

From The Daily Beast

They insisted the raiders were from the “Dnipr” battalion and they swore revenge on them.

From The Daily Beast

“I remember feeling very helpless because she swore me to secrecy and would never tell anyone,” she said.

From The Daily Beast

At first he sat and wept, now he sat and swore, but all the time he tore hard at his hair.

From Project Gutenberg

Rabecque swore angrily and bitterly, and his vexation had two entirely separate sources.

From Project Gutenberg

To save your wretched soul from disgrace, I swore to the most miserable lie a woman could tell!

From Project Gutenberg

That I may accomplish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.

From Project Gutenberg

When they heard the story they marvelled and swore they had never heard of any gratitude in a guerrilla's heart before.

From Project Gutenberg

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