Example Sentences

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Cellular carriers will promise a 5G utopia full of doctors performing robotic surgeries while they lie on a hammock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Next week's decisions will be followed soon after by the government's industrial strategy which will promise support for business, possibly including cash to help with sky-high energy costs.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

With these types of scams, fraudsters will promise you high returns on investments, particularly in emerging markets like cryptocurrencies.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2025

At a recent meeting with Florida horsemen, Brackpool and TSG executive Stephen Screnci said if horsemen don’t oppose decoupling, they will promise racing for at least three more years.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2025

‘Yes, he knows. We will promise Master, if he saves us. We’ll promise to It, yes.’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien