Example Sentences
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Upon returning home, he vowed that he would not "bow his head."
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Nudelman and her colleagues reported the incident to the head of the yeshiva, who vowed to take action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
He vowed to crack down on "price-gouging", saying regulators have the the power to "clamp down on it if it happens".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Warsh has vowed the Fed will vanquish inflation and meet its 2% goal, but Wall Street investors have grown more doubtful.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
By dint of entreaties expressed in energetic whispers, I reduced the half-dozen to two: these however, he vowed he would select himself.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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