Example Sentences

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Yet plighting his troth to the party may have worried him more than he allowed.

From The Guardian • May 7, 2010

He doesn't help his case by plighting his troth at every opportunity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Folk Singer-Pacifist Joan Baez, 27, got married last week in a ceremony that was as much a demonstration of dissent as a plighting of troth.

From Time Magazine Archive

While the Asian giants were plighting their renewed affections, top Soviet officials continued their efforts to repair the 25-year-old schism between Moscow and Beijing.

From Time Magazine Archive

In low gentle accents they breathed their passion, solemnly plighting their faith before all-seeing Heaven.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison