VOW in a Sentence

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For VOW, below is one of 82 sentences:
It is unnecessary for you to bind yourself by any vow,' said he; 'I know and admire the Corsican nature too well to fear you.

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 Meanings and Examples of VOW
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
vow
 n.  solemn promise made to God; promise of fidelity; pledge of love or affection
Classic Sentence: (59 in 4 pages)
1  He made, at that moment, a solemn vow to deliver him and then looked around for the means.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
2  I left the room, and locking the door, made a solemn vow in my own heart never to resume my labours; and then, with trembling steps, I sought my own apartment.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
3  Surely in that moment I should have been possessed by frenzy and have destroyed my miserable existence but that my vow was heard and that I was reserved for vengeance.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
4  Madam,' replied Mr. Micawber, 'it is my intention to register such a vow on the virgin page of the future.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. Mr. MICAWBER'S TRANSACTIONS
5  For my vow," said the Templar, "our Grand Master hath granted me a dispensation.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
6  Spare thy vow," said the Templar, "and mark me.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
7  His countenance is kindled in anger against those who have departed from the vow which they have made, and great is the fear of those sons of Belial.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
8  Go to Lucas Beaumanoir, and say thou hast renounced thy vow of obedience, and see how long the despotic old man will leave thee in personal freedom.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
9  I vow, since Father Merriwether was in that Watling creature's house he has acted in a disgraceful way.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
10  Let's make it all that those old boys dreamed about, the unsentimental Kennicott was moved to vow.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
11  Aye, and say'st the men have vow'd thy vow; say'st all of us are Ahabs.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 123. The Musket.
12  His comrades believed that his vow was fulfilled.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22. The Smugglers.
13  It is unnecessary for you to bind yourself by any vow,' said he; 'I know and admire the Corsican nature too well to fear you.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 45. The Rain of Blood.
14  I had once vowed that I would never call her aunt again: I thought it no sin to forget and break that vow now.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
15  In his last illness, he had it brought continually to his bedside; and but an hour before he died, he bound me by vow to keep the creature.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
Example Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1  Jim made a vow that he would find his wife's killer.
2  While many models vow to go back to college, few do.
3  None of us can vow to be perfect.
4  He took a vow to abstain from alcohol/smoking/sex.
5  Love is not the strong vow but the simple accompany.
6  Not only were they as good as their word, but the vow is kept to this day by their children's children.
7  He vowed to achieve certain objectives before the end of his presidency.
8  He vowed to take legal action.
9  The Social Democratic Party has vowed to try to stall the bill until the current session ends.
10  He vowed to take his revenge on the man who had killed his brother.
11  They have vowed a quick and decisive response.
12  He has vowed to challenge government warnings not to disturb the country's stability and continue his political work.
13  Hamlet vowed he would avenge his father's murder and punish Claudius for his horrible crime.
14  The perennial bachelor vowed to remain celibate.
15  Dismayed by his churlish behaviors at the party, the girls vowed never to invite him again.