Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Because Germany welched on Austria's debts after Anschluss, there was some talk in Washington last week of confiscating Czech gold and dollar balances in the U. S., said to total $20,000,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
A grub-stake's a grub-stake, an' no one iver yit said Patsy Kelliher welched on a bargain.
From Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)
