Explore Swore through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Swore in a sentence
Swore meaning
- simple past of swear
- past participle of swear
Using Swore
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past of swear | past participle of swear
- In the example corpus, swore often appears in combinations such as: swore to, and swore, he swore.
Context around Swore
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Swore
- In this selection, "swore" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, shooter, newspaper, people, allegiance, oath and acted stand out and add context to how "swore" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all i swore i d and as she swore twice as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "swore" sits close to words such as antagonist, benton and bolivia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with swore
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But he swore one wouldn’t happen to him. (9 words)
According to Viktor Khrenin, thousands of young people swore allegiance to Belarusian people. (13 words)
All of the people who swore it was Strowd can’t accept that they’re wrong. (16 words)
Accused Capital Gazette shooter swore 'oath' to kill staff writerJuly 1 (UPI) -- The man accused of shooting and killing five people at The Capital Gazette newspaper swore an oath to kill a writer there years before the attack. (38 words)
It’s also alleged that after entering the property he shouted and swore, demanded to be told the names of various members of the public, and, while holding an unknown implement, that he stated he had a firearm. (38 words)
As for the domestic scenario, the RBI stated on several occasions that the banks failing in the West wouldn’t impact financial stability here and swore by the robustness of the Indian banks. (33 words)
Is there anything in your childhood you swore you would never do, but ended up doing anyways? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
Accused Capital Gazette shooter swore 'oath' to kill staff writerJuly 1 (UPI) -- The man accused of shooting and killing five people at The Capital Gazette newspaper swore an oath to kill a writer there years before the attack.
The opposition leader himself has noted that in Canada, he swore allegiance to the same Queen Elizabeth II to whom he also swore allegiance in SVG.
Anderson recalled: "First of all, I swore I'd never move to Los Angeles, and once I did, I swore I'd never do television.
According to Viktor Khrenin, thousands of young people swore allegiance to Belarusian people.
Acting Governor-General Sir Job Pomat this morning swore in the newly appointed Judge of the National and Supreme Courts Justice Derek Wood at the Government House in Konedobu.
After Wall Maria fell, Eren swore to rid the world of every single Titan, a promise that turned out to have literally world-breaking implications.
All of the people who swore it was Strowd can’t accept that they’re wrong.
As for the domestic scenario, the RBI stated on several occasions that the banks failing in the West wouldn’t impact financial stability here and swore by the robustness of the Indian banks.
As we approach the Coronation bank holiday weekend, I remember when I swore allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II at the age of twenty.
Before the inspection, the governor swore in the Secretary to the State Government, the Chief of Staff and one more commissioner, tasking them never to let his administration fail.
Brown County merit officers, jailers, dispatchers and more raised their right hands and swore to protect and serve the community at the Brown County Law Enforcement Center on Jan.
But he swore one wouldn’t happen to him.
Explaining the clips, she wrote that they swore to each other not to be separated except in death, which is why she can't leave him.
Gov. Phil Murphy swore in Mayor Billy Portman today after a new, non-partisan form of government was approved by voters last November.
He admitted he breached a non-harassment order on June 21, at Main Street, Sauchie, when he repeatedly attended uninvited at her home, demanded entry, shouted and swore.
He repeatedly shouted, swore, acted in an aggressive manner, made offensive and derogatory remarks towards her, damaged a washing basket by striking it and accused her of having relationships with other men.
Holly Willoughby was forced to apologise for Miriam Margolyes as she swore twice as she appeared as an agony aunt on This Morning.
Is there anything in your childhood you swore you would never do, but ended up doing anyways?
I swore that he had 30 points in Game 3, but then I looked at the box score later and he only attempted five field goals.
It’s also alleged that after entering the property he shouted and swore, demanded to be told the names of various members of the public, and, while holding an unknown implement, that he stated he had a firearm.
Common combinations with swore
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- swore to 37×
- and swore 26×
- he swore 23×
- swore in 23×
- swore at 16×
- she swore 11×
- who swore 10×
- they swore 10×
- swore he 10×
- shouted swore 9×