Oath

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"Oath" in a Sentence (19 examples)

The knight swore an oath of allegiance to the king.

He said under oath that he was born in Italy.

She gave her oath that she would not drink.

And when the first Muslim-American was recently elected to Congress, he took the oath to defend our Constitution using the same Holy Koran that one of our Founding Fathers – Thomas Jefferson – kept in his personal library.

Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and true to our founding documents.

Some doctors are in favor of euthanasia while others believe it goes against the Hippocratic oath.

As a public official you have sworn an oath to uphold and defend the constitution.

Doctors take an oath not to harm anyone.

The doctor broke the Hippocratic Oath.

Forty-four US Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and true to our founding documents.

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But all of us took an oath to do our duty when we joined the Space Force, and I fully expect everyone to willingly keep their word. But you took no oath, and have no obligation.

There are […] brought all the way from Bougainville to present their birth certificates and testify in this courtroom, under oath, as to their given names.

After taking the oath of office, she became the country's forty-third premier.

The generals swore an oath of loyalty to the country.

Wrex: [sigh] Before I left, I made an oath to my father's father. Wrex: I swore to recover my family's battle armor. It was taken from him after the uprising.

The farther from the Senator's office, the darker and older the furniture, the freer fly four-letter oaths, the higher the heaps of unfiled and unattended papers culminating in a frenzy of pulp in the press section[…]

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