How to Use pledge in a Sentence

pledge

1 of 2 noun
  • He left his car as a pledge that he would return with the money.
  • He has promised to fulfill a campaign pledge to cut taxes.
  • To make a pledge or donation, please call the charity's office.
  • The company has made a pledge of over $3,000.
  • The pledges — and the amounts the countries choose to commit — are voluntary.
    Sibi Arasu, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023
  • India is not among the governments that joined the pledge.
    Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
  • So far this year, pledges already amount to over $500 million.
    Jens Stoltenberg, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2023
  • The council has never come close to fulfilling the pledge.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2023
  • Apple's pledge was part of a White House push on right-to-repair issues.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Members who sign the pledge will agree to back the speaker-designee and vote for that candidate on the House floor.
    Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The group says more than two dozen major corporations and brands have signed the pledge.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023
  • There is some question as to how seriously to take the pledge.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Protecting anonymity is at the core of our mission and our pledge to our users.
    Christian Sutherland-Wong, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The announcement is the latest in a series of recent pledges by Ukraine’s allies.
    Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
  • About a dozen other nations have signed on to the pledge, including Japan, Germany, and France.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2023
  • In the case of the Key Bridge, Biden’s pledge of federal dollars could shave years off the project, Azizinamini said.
    Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
  • European states are on track to contribute $380 billion this year, and Germany will meet its 2% pledge for the first time since the Cold War.
    Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • News leaders around the world pledge support for journalists covering the war in Gaza.
    Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Little last week announced his plan to send Idaho State Police troopers to the Texas border as part of his pledge.
    Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The figures include committed and paid funds and exclude pledges.
    Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • All the while Orban kept telling them that Hungary would ratify before Turkey, a pledge that’s now soured.
    Zoltan Simon, Bloomberg.com, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The group says the price tag can be paid through a municipal revenue bond that would be amortized over 30 years and pledges to support union workers.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But SpicyThunder335 invited moderators to share pledges to keep the protests going, and the commitments are rolling in.
    Jay Peters, The Verge, 13 June 2023
  • Among the documents the House panel is requesting are copies of the ethical pledges signed by Haaland and any waivers that have been granted to her.
    Susan Montoya Bryan, ajc, 6 June 2023
  • Hamas’s pledge to record and air executions that have yet to take place is new and seems calibrated to incite fear over the barbarism to come.
    Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The pledge came after millions of Twitter users asked him to step down in a Twitter poll the billionaire himself created and promised to abide by.
    Barbara Ortutay and Matt O'Brien, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
  • The measure doesn’t force students to participate, but does require schools to set aside time each class day for the pledge to be recited.
    Gary Fields, Margery Beck and Rebecca Boone, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2023
  • That would almost certainly add to emissions, even though countries are lagging on their pledges to cut them.
    Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Lawyers had hoped for a decisive win for all three cases in the Strasbourg court that could ripple across the continent and set a legal precedent that governments must commit to climate change pledges.
    Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
  • In the final days, the teams have come forward with community benefits pledges and have announced lease deals with the county sports complex authority.
    The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2024
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pledge

2 of 2 verb
  • The chefs are pledged to keep the restaurant's special recipe a secret.
  • He called to pledge money to the charity.
  • Every morning, we pledge allegiance to the flag.
  • During his campaign, he pledged that he would not raise taxes.
  • He pledged his paintings as collateral for a loan.
  • Ahead of the marathon, Bohan pledged her run was in support of the city’s no-kill shelter.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The brand has also pledged to plant 10 trees for every pair sold.
    Gaby Keiderling, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2023
  • As a part of its Black Friday sale, for every item sold, the brand pledged a day’s worth of food to feed children in Gaza.
    Tayler Adigun, Essence, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Iran: For more than four decades, Iran’s rulers have pledged to destroy Israel.
    Andrés R. Martínez, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Then, in 2010, Berlusconi pledged that a final plan would be before Parliament by the end of the year.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Kenya has pledged to send 1,000 troops to coordinate a U.N.-backed alliance, but the plan is now on hold.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The Australian government has pledged to end the live export of sheep but has yet to give a timetable about when that will happen.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
  • It is expected to be led by Kenya, which has pledged 1000 police to spearhead the mission.
    Richard Roth, CNN, 2 Oct. 2023
  • In a speech on Bidenomics last week, the president pledged to bring gas prices down too, just as he’s done with other prices.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The company has also tried threats—pledging to cut UK users off if the bill passes.
    WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Under this new regime, Mohammed gave Jews the same rights as Muslims and pledged that the crown would always protect them.
    Theo Zenou, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The firm has pledged to complete a late-stage trial, with some results expected late this year.
    Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • After Hamas’ attack, the U.S. pledged full support for Israel.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Senior quarterback Drake Lindsey called the shutout in front of the home crowd embarrassing and pledged to make up for it.
    Rick Fires, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023
  • At the federal level, Biden has pledged that zero-emission vehicles will make up half of new car and truck sales in the U.S. by 2030.
    Sophie Austin, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Newlywed Vanessa Hudgens is pledging to drink more in 2024 — of greens, that is.
    Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Yoc Suruy wants the next president to implement the death penalty in Guatemala, something Ríos Sosa has pledged to do.
    Christopher Sherman, ajc, 25 June 2023
  • Nike also pledged to cut $2 billion in costs throughout the company.
    Alan Murray, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Ukraine also has been getting the last few hundred thousand of those million shells the European Union pledged last year.
    David Axe, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Israel has pledged that Hamas will pay a heavy price and may now be preparing a ground incursion into Gaza.
    Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Scott has pledged to give away most of her fortune since divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 20 July 2023
  • The governor pledged to try and restrict land purchased on Maui from out-of-state buyers while the island recovers.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Instead, the Biden administration has pledged $200 million to help pay for the mission.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Although the museum had pledged as recently as two years ago to spend at least $30 million on the memorial park, the cost has mushroomed since then.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The then-businessman and television celebrity sought to allay their worries by pledging to appoint conservative jurists to the Supreme Court.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024

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