Wondering how to use Pledge in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as drink or donate.
Pledge meaning
- To make a solemn promise (to do something).
- To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
- To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
Synonyms of Pledge
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Using Pledge
- The main meaning on this page is: To make a solemn promise (to do something). | To deposit something as a security; to pawn. | To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
- Useful related words include: toast, drink, wassail, salute.
- Possible Dutch translations are: gelofte, belofte, eed.
- In the example corpus, pledge often appears in combinations such as: pledge to, the pledge, pledge of.
Example sentences (20)
As we celebrate the Indian Organ Donation Day, let us pledge not just our organs, but pledge to follow both the letter and spirit of the Organ Transplant Act so that we stop seeing the cases of trafficking of human organs.
Based on the current term sheet a bank can pledge those assets today and then re-pledge again on/or before March 11, 2024.
They are in tandem with Mr President’s steps and I pledge to support him very seriously and I pledge to support you.
Fact check: DNC didn't leave out 'under God' from the Pledge of AllegianceTwo meetings of Democrats did not recite the phrase "under God" when saying the pledge.
Cherry said she saw no conflict between signing the SNP’s official Out for Indy pledge, which supports transgender rights, and the women’s pledge.
Even Obama’s pledge in 2009 to reduce the nuclear stockpile to zero was not matched by a pledge of no first-use.
A report published in Nov 2014, confirmed that UK drinks producers had delivered on that pledge with a 79.3% compliance with the pledge elements as measured by products on shelf.
In 1906, The Daughters of the American Revolution's magazine, The American Monthly, listed the "formula of allegiance" as being the Balch Pledge of Allegiance, which reads: I pledge allegiance to my flag, and the republic for which it stands.
In his acceptance speech, Roosevelt declared, "I pledge you, I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people..
Meeting him secretly by night, the group made what is known as the " Second Pledge of al-`Aqaba ", or, in Orientalists' view, the "Pledge of War".
Pledges were often made where the intrinsic value of the article was equivalent to the amount of the debt; but antichretic pledge was more common, where the profit of the pledge was a set-off against the interest of the debt.
The Pledge was the result of second Youth Pledge held in Batavia in October 1928.
Abubakar made the pledge while addressing a mammoth crowd at the Kogi Confluence Stadium, venue of the PDP Presidential Campaign rally in Lokoja.
Activities for children will include writing a wildlife pledge and completing a quiz sheet as they work their way around the show and gardens.
After becoming the first pope in six centuries to resign in 2013, Benedict promised to live 'hidden from the world', but broke that pledge to speak out on several explosive issues.
Alicante is a popular destination for British holidaymakers and its city council has pledge to stamp out noise pollution.
All seemed to be going on well when Abbas was ushered onto the stage to take his pledge of allegiance.
Although the Labour government was elected on the solemn pledge of accountability and zero tolerance to corruption, it has failed miserably.
A mum has made a heartfelt pledge to her late husband after he was cruelly taken away from her in a motorbike crash.
And the backing from many big trade unions for his return, Starmer’s pledge to continue his policies, and much else.
Common combinations with pledge
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pledge to 64×
- the pledge 42×
- pledge of 27×
- to pledge 13×
- and pledge 8×
- pledge and 6×
- climate pledge 6×
- pledge not 5×
- pledge in 5×
- that pledge 5×