Example Sentences

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And I am promising never to do anything like that again and asking Please don’t let papou die and swearing It was Clementine’s fault.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

I am promising to give all that I have or am.

From The Daughter Pays by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie

And indeed I am worn almost to a fringe; but I am promising myself a good, long rest after everything is over.

From And So They Were Married by Kingsley, Florence Morse

If you want to know about my qualifications as a lawyer—why, I can refer you to people who can tell you if they think I am promising.'

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth

I am promising myself to be very good, and not so vain, and to love my enemies—, although I have none now.

From K by Rinehart, Mary Roberts