Example Sentences

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“We will swear her in when everybody gets back. It’s a ceremonial duty,” Johnson said.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2025

While the crimes are of Burke’s invention, you will swear they were ripped from the headlines.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2023

An academic who was tasked with editing the Bible on which King Charles will swear his Coronation Oath has spoken about why he decided to include hundreds of misprints.

From BBC • May 6, 2023

So they will swear in the next Congress, and then after that we have to pull our cameras down.

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2023

‘Sméagol will swear never, never, to let Him have it. Never! Sméagol will save it. But he must swear on the Precious.’

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