Example sentences for: commit

How can you use “commit” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In Britain, the conservative tabloid the Daily Mail called on NATO "to strike relentlessly and hard"; the conservative Daily Telegraph said the alliance should "be prepared to conduct an extended bombing campaign to be followed, as in Bosnia, by the introduction of ground forces"; and the London Evening Standard said it was essential for "all the states involved--including the notoriously short-sighted American administration--to recognise that they must now commit themselves to the long haul, ground troops and all."

  • “Viewed from a strictly humanitarian point, Mr. Bush's aides said this week, the White House's decision on Nov. 25 to commit troops to Somalia was forced by a steady decline in the country's military and social condition that began in mid-October and reached a peak days before Thanksgiving.”

  • President Clinton repeatedly drew applause as he announced proposals to "raise the legal age of handgun possession from 18 to 21 years" and "prevent juveniles who commit violent crimes from ever buying a gun."

  • On a more elementary level, though, Nixon is trying to persuade both Dean and himself that Felt would never commit career suicide by blowing the whistle.

  • "Some of the pieces we pound them into may still be large enough to commit genocide."


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