vowed

verb

past tense of vow
as in promised
to make a solemn declaration of intent she vowed to love him forever

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Recent Examples of vowed While the Missouri Supreme Court prepares to decide the fate of the new district next month, Cleaver vowed to press forward with his campaign. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026 Atiku promised on Wednesday to restore subsidized fuel, while Obi vowed to tackle security challenges such as mass abductions for ransom that threaten the country’s stability. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Welch has vowed reforms, including a closed-door working group made up solely of House Democrats, to improve the workplace culture. — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Organizers vowed any profits from the race will be donated to charities chosen by Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office. — Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 While Lindsey Graham was focused on foreign policy and national security, having returned from a trip to Ukraine to visit President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a day before his death, his sister has vowed to focus on issues affecting South Carolinians. — Sophia Vlahakis, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Lavery’s story has since reached the Scottish government, which vowed to outline a review of IVF services. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026 Later that day, in a reply to a fan’s Reddit post, Hank vowed to shift his own use of AI. — Matt Carlstrom, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026 In an August 14 report from RadarOnline, sources claimed that the Fight Club star has vowed to repair his relationships with his eldest child, Maddox, and eldest daughter Zahara. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vowed
  1. promised
  2. swore
  3. pledged
Verb
  • Before Khabib retired, his father promised that Makhachev would carry the championship torch of their gym.
    — Mark Puleo, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Whereas its predecessor, 2021’s No Way Home, sold itself on bringing back heroes and villains from prior Spider-Man entries, Brand New Day promised a general reset.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of promised
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  • Cloobeck allegedly contacted Lavie’s attorney, swore at him and threatened him, his property and members of his family, according to the complaint.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh said in a statement Thursday that Immigration Minister Tony Burke swore them in the day before at a citizenship ceremony in their Australian home city of Brisbane.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of swore
Verb
  • Bitcoin per share treats every coin as equivalent, but 16,116 of Twenty One's coins, more than a third of the stack, sit pledged as collateral against $485 million in convertible notes, against a cash position of $106 million.
    — Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The suspect allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS, investigators said.
    — Jack Date, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of pledged

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