Pledged

Examples

• So then I promised to wait for him to the end of time and pledged myself not to marry anyone else while he lived. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Whatever happened, he knew, she would always be loyal, gallant and unresentful; and that pledged him to the practice of the same virtues. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• In a year from the time when the Moonstone was pledged, the Indians will be on the watch for their third chance. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• First he pledged each to absolute secrecy. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He paused a few moments, and added, less firmly than before-- 'But this chaise, my young friend, will only hold two; and I am pledged to Mr. Allen. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• You pledged the Diamond to the money-lender in London--I am sure of it! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I could have pledged him with all my soul, said Athelstane, for my tongue cleaves to my palate. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• And it sets me asking myself, whether the loss of the Diamond may not mean--that the Diamond must be secretly pledged to pay them. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He was himself satisfied that the Moonstone had been pledged to Mr. Luker. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• In which, to show his sincerity, he forthwith pledged the company in a draught which half emptied it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• We are persuaded that he has pledged himself to assist Mr. Wickham with money. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Quite different with YOU, going to work (as YOU would) in the light of a fellow-man, holily pledged in a friendly move to his brother man. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Ask him what he thinks--and he will tell you that I have pledged the Moonstone to pay my private debts! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Same to you, my boy,' replied Wardle; and they pledged each other, heartily. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And if you feel yourself in any way pledged . Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The Diamond has been pledged to Mr. Luker, since that time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• To that I have pledged myself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But you will say, he might have saved the three thousand pounds, to redeem the pledged Diamond, if he had married. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She has consented: she has pledged her word. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• We know that you are not the person who pledged it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Mrs. Thornton was reviewing all the probable cases in which she had pledged herself to act. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I understood at once--for my sympathies are your sympathies--why you wished to see her here before you pledged yourself to inviting Lady Glyde. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Believe, however, that my word, when pledged, is as inviolate as if I wore golden spurs. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• In this solemnly pledged union of her life, duty would present itself in some new form of inspiration and give a new meaning to wifely love. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She was pledged to me years ago. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The knight pledged him, and desired him to name his weapons. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I said I had pledged my word as a gentleman to skin him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Promise me solemnly that nothing will influence you to alter the course on which we now stand pledged to one another. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The time is not come for your standing pledged to one another. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I would have pledged the Diamond myself, if I could have got the money in no other way! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

Edited by Gene