Example sentences for: promised

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

  • MGM's was Jose Greco; ABC-Paramount's was Montoya (with his "fiery Spanish gypsy guitars"); countless LPs promised genuine bullfight music.

  • Gore promised U.S. "flexibility" in arriving at a deal on such issues as how much constraint will be required of developing nations like China.

  • He promised a modern state for his people, but as the situation became volatile, civil strife broke out in Turkish cities, and those considered Greek were victims of threats and violence.

  • Unfortunately, the Postal Service was only willing to commit to saving slightly more than one half the highly publicized, promised amount.

  • It was discovered--and this should no longer be any cause for wonder--that a sentence containing however could also begin with but . Moreover, but could appear directly in front of nevertheless . But this development reached its zenith with the use of but as a topper conjunction (see the beginning of this sentence); the topper but does not in reality indicate a contradiction, for it always appears at the start of a sentence which is, truth be, in harmony with preceding sentences, but rather it tops the previous statements by pointing unerringly to that which is promised by contradiction, namely illumination.


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