swore

Definition of sworenext
past tense of swear
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as in cursed
to use offensive or indecent language no one is allowed to swear in this house

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as in testified
to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact the sworn statement of the witness was presented as evidence

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Recent Examples of swore The body language expert swore that the camp hangouts were positive. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 After her split from Gest, Liza swore she wouldn’t get married again. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 27 Sep. 2026 Shabazz started packing up his video equipment and swore audibly at officers several more times. — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2026 Bowie swore her allegiance to ISIS through multiple audio recordings and conducted surveillance at the Capitol at least five times, taking dozens of photos, according to Tremaroli. — Lila Dominus, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Cloobeck allegedly contacted Lavie’s attorney, swore at him and threatened him, his property and members of his family, according to the complaint. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026 Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh said in a statement Thursday that Immigration Minister Tony Burke swore them in the day before at a citizenship ceremony in their Australian home city of Brisbane. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 Even Jane Fonda, who swore Raman into office after her 2024 city council reelection, endorsed Karen Bass for mayor instead. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026 Raison, who had previously studied meditation, used the EAR to evaluate whether two hundred people who participated in meditation subsequently became kinder, swore less, or engaged in deeper conversations. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swore
Verb
  • Kristian Matsson, who records under the moniker The Tallest Man on Earth, is both blessed and cursed by having arrived nearly fully formed.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Shunned by locals, who believe she is cursed, Eleni turns to ancient rituals to resurrect her dead offspring but instead summons malevolent folkloric creatures known as the Kalikantzari.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026
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  • Those fears were particularly triggered after government officials in some states ruled by the BJP vowed to strike people off assistance programs if they'd been deleted off voter rolls.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Trump has long vowed to build a border wall along the roughly 2,000-mile length of the southwest border.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
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  • Both men testified before the House Oversight Committee earlier this year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Four friends testified against him, then recanted their testimony.
    — Sea Stachura, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
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  • Only his father’s respectability, and perhaps his odd Motown accent, spared him from getting cussed out by bridesmaids at society weddings as a wastrel and drunkard, a shameless woman-wrapper.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Many of them cussed at me, as if having dialogue is not allowed.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
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  • When the button promised nothing and would simply delete the photos, the 32-billion-parameter model still chose it 75% of the time.
    — Shae Lake, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Those are safe talking points for the midterms, but hardly the MAHA agenda Kennedy promised to deliver in Washington.
    — David Lim, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
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  • Anthropic made OpenAI's ads push the focus of its first Super Bowl campaign and pledged to keep its competing chatbot, Claude, ad free.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
  • New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, pledged to make child care free for all residents.
    — Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

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“Swore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swore. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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