forswore
- past tense form of forswear.
Example Sentences
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Those fortunes we forswore, now the future we foresee,
From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2021
The two Koreas first forswore nuclear weapons in a solemn agreement in 1992, shortly after America removed tactical nuclear weapons from its bases in South Korea.
From Economist • Jun. 7, 2018
He got it because Theodore Roosevelt deluded himself into thinking that Taft would continue the Roosevelt legacy into the third term the Rough Rider forswore after 7 1/2 years in office.
From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2018
The smell is so bad that it contaminates across space and time, sullying even its closest relative, Parenthood, another show about yuppies that forswore anything but uplifting resolution and ultimately turned all tribulations into celebrations.
From Slate • Sep. 19, 2016
Embittered, Burdock Muldoon forswore any further attempts to integrate non-wizard members of the magical community into the Wizards’ Council.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
