promise
noun
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one.
promiser
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a word derived from
promise.
Example Sentences
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The claw machine—that infamous promiser of childhood treasures, known for stealing your quarters and almost never yielding up its flimsy prizes—has gotten an upgrade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The oratorical type Is the emotional type, expansive, a quick promiser who can diagnose evils and cannot prescribe for them, and of course rarely cures them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jr.'s help, Jack Kennedy can hardly outdo Hubert Humphrey as a convincing promiser of New Deal benefits.
From Time Magazine Archive
Promises which are wholly gratuitous are void; because, being neither a benefit to the promiser, nor an injury to the promisee, they are not regarded in law as a valuable consideration.
From The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. by Andrew W. Young
But we no more want a world of tramps than the promiser of new life wants a world of promisers: we want a world that will take the life promised.
From A Tramp's Sketches by Stephen Graham
