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
• The other half were to receive an alternate version, which instructed them to sign a pledge at the beginning.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
• Donald Trump hasn't even signed that pledge to support whoever the nominee is.
  — ABC News, 1 Oct. 2023

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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.
• Her family pledged $100,000 toward the construction of a new school.
• 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

Last Updated: 3 May 2024