Example sentences for: promised

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

  • Some years ago I met a woman who was writing her master's thesis on languages created by sci-fi authors, but she never sent me a promised copy (or, maybe I just dreamt the whole thing.)

  • The early line is that regulators will approve the merger because, unlike other recent telecom deals, it will finally deliver some of the competition that was promised after the industry was deregulated.

  • She promised to apologize, on behalf of Super 8, to Rusty the wiener dog, and she promised free nights at a Super 8 of Hogsten's choice.

  • (There were lots of items for sale on zShops' first day of operation, but it didn't seem like the 500,000 Amazon had promised.)

  • Votes are being promised to the administration in return for pledges of campaign funds, and for assurances about vintners' and tobacco farmers' and peanut and citrus growers' rights, and those of cattle ranchers too.


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