How to Use allegiance in a Sentence

allegiance

noun

• He owes allegiance to them for all the help they have given him.
• Both candidates are working hard to convince voters to switch allegiances.
• Once standing, the group raised their right hands and voices in unity to take the oath of allegiance.
  — Madison Geering, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2022
• To start with, many of his customers have an allegiance to a theater and not just an attraction to what might be showing there.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2022
• Pledge-allegiance-to-the-law was not an inner-city hit, and hilarity ensued.
  — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 28 June 2022
• For years, major companies have shown their allegiance to the movement in small symbolic ways.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 June 2022
• So, on one hand, the Jazz are publicly swearing allegiance to Donovan Mitchell.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2022
• The study also noted that subjects with an allegiance to a sports team or college found their favorite team’s colors more favorable.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2022
• Instead of policy, many voters are making their decisions based on tribal allegiance or vibes.
  — Charlotte Alter / Pittsburgh, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
• Ross Candelino knows where his father’s allegiance will lie when UW and Marquette meet.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 May 2022
• For all his concessions to current events and minor shifts in allegiance, Fukuyama has never really given up on his big idea.
  — Krithika Varagur, The New Yorker, 25 May 2022
• Unlike some who have refused to testify, Hutchinson did not take the Fifth Amendment or have such allegiance to Trump to hold back.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2022
• Manifestos circulate from attacker to attacker, who build on and claim allegiance to one another while laying out the playbook for the next violent act.
  — Vera Bergengruen, Time, 17 May 2022
• As the technology grows in importance, the debate over how to govern it is likely to grow in intensity and may continue to scramble the usual allegiances.
  — Garrison Lovely, The Verge, 11 Sep. 2024
• Our allegiance was not to Donald Trump that day, but to God and living by the word of God.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023
• The thing about music is that good songs have no allegiance.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2023
• That is, a ruler with no allegiance to Joseph or his people.
  — David Wolpe, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
• The mood was light; the next day, a new government would swear allegiance to its own country for the first time.
  — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 27 July 2022
• The couple, who met around the same time that the team last won the big game in 2018, let their allegiance to Eagles guide their love — all the way to the altar.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
• People living north of the river did the same, but with allegiance to Puma.
  — Nick Kostov, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2022
• Phil Mickelson was among the first to pledge allegiance to the new circuit.
  — Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 4 July 2022
• Goff’s presence in the North Bay, a 49er stronghold, has split allegiances.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
• Depending on allegiance, the most egregious call might have been on Rice’s first score of the game.
  — Evan Dudley, al, 1 Oct. 2022
• Schmidt attended the event back in 2011 but his visit to Kyiv last year is proof of where his allegiance lies.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 14 June 2023
• First item of business: The Vale and the North are not responding to voice mails (which is to say, ravens) asking for their allegiance.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
• Over the course of its history, Texas flew six flags, but perhaps there's less allegiance to one of them.
  — Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2023
• With the sister-in-laws beefing and the cast split right down the middle with their allegiances, there’s little that the network could do to save them.
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 11 Aug. 2024
• And their allegiance makes good sense: Much like Swift, Abrams is a songwriter first.
  — Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 21 June 2024
• Declare your allegiance to cake while rocking out to this catchy hit.
  — Seventeen, 8 Aug. 2022
• The Prince of Wales will pay homage to King Charles, stepping forward to pledge his loyalty and allegiance.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024