Example Sentences

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My sister promised to get my father’s death certificate, then welched on that promise.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025

He says they feel high-income countries have welched on the landmark deal made at the UN climate conference in Paris in 2015.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2022

The factory first agreed to supply them, then demanded a written declaration that the arms were exclusively for the Portuguese Army, finally welched on the entire order.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Egypt, where brides are supposed to get dowries from their grooms, former Queen Narriman's mother charged that deposed King Farouk welched on his traditional Moslem obligation.

From Time Magazine Archive

But, as you say, a grub-stake's a grub-stake, an' no time limit on it, an' no one ever said Jim McBride ever welched on a bargain, neither.

From Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)